mutex.h

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/*
 The Real-Time eXperiment Interface (RTXI)
 Copyright (C) 2011 Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Utah, Weill Cornell Medical College

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#ifndef MUTEX_H
#define MUTEX_H

#include <pthread.h>

class Mutex
{

public:

 class Locker
 {

 public:

 Locker(Mutex *m);
 ~Locker(void);

 private:

 Mutex *mutex;

 };

 enum type_t
 {
 FAST,
 RECURSIVE,
 };

 Mutex(type_t type =FAST);
 ~Mutex(void);

 void lock(void);

 void unlock(void);

 bool tryLock(void);

private:

 pthread_mutex_t mutex;

}; // class Mutex

#endif // MUTEX_H