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#ifndef FXCONDITION_H
#define FXCONDITION_H


namespace FX {


/**
* A condition allows one or more threads to synchronize
* to an event.  When a thread calls wait, the associated
* mutex is unlocked while the thread is blocked.  When the
* condition becomes signaled, the associated mutex is
* locked and the thread(s) are reawakened.
*/
class FXAPI FXCondition {
private:
  FXuval data[12];
private:
  FXCondition(const FXCondition&);
  FXCondition& operator=(const FXCondition&);
public:

  /// Initialize the condition
  FXCondition();

  /**
  * Wake or unblock a single blocked thread
  */
  void signal();

  /**
  * Wake or unblock all blocked threads
  */
  void broadcast();

  /**
  * Wait until condition becomes signalled, using given mutex,
  * which must already have been locked prior to this call.
  * Return true if the wait ended due to the condition being
  * signalled through signal() or broadcast(), and false if the
  * wait was interrupted or some error occurred.
  */
  FXbool wait(FXMutex& mtx);

  /**
  * Wait until condition becomes signalled, using given mutex,
  * which must already have been locked prior to this call.
  * Return true if the wait ended due to the condition being
  * signalled through signal() or broadcast(), and false if the
  * wait timed out, was interrupted, or some other error occurred.
  * The relative timeout nsec is specified in nanoseconds; if the
  * special value 'forever' is passed, wait indefinitely.
  */
  FXbool wait(FXMutex& mtx,FXTime nsec);

  /// Delete the condition
  ~FXCondition();
  };

}

#endif

