spinlock.h

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#ifndef _spinlock_h
#define _spinlock_h

// Parts of this library use the TinyThread++ libary and those parts are also covered by the following license
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#include "datatypes.h"

/// @file
/// @brief Declares a Mutex, Mutex tools, and at least one MutexLike object.

namespace Mezzanine
{
    namespace Threading
    {
        /// @brief A mutex like construct that never makes a system call and uses CPU instructions instead.
        /// @details This should be used when delay is likely to be measured in CPUs cycles and almost
        /// certainly a short while. For pauses of unknown length use a Mutex so that the OS is informed it
        /// could schedule another thread.
        /// @n @n
        /// This is compatible with the lock_guard class.
        class MEZZ_LIB SpinLock
        {
            private:
                /// @internal
                /// 0 if unlocked, any other value if locked.
                Int32 Locked;

            public:
                ///@brief Constructor, creates an unlocked mutex
                SpinLock();

                ///@brief Destructor.
                ~SpinLock();

                /// @brief Lock the SpinLock.
                /// @details The method will block the calling thread until a lock on the SpinLock can
                /// be obtained. The SpinLock remains locked until @c unlock() is called.
                /// @see lock_guard
                void Lock();

                /// @brief Try to lock the spinlock.
                /// @details The method will try to lock the SpinLock. If it fails, the function will
                /// return immediately (non-blocking).
                /// @return @c true if the lock was acquired, or @c false if the lock could
                /// not be acquired.
                bool TryLock();

                /// @brief Unlock the spinlock.
                /// @details If any threads are waiting for the lock on this mutex, one of them will
                /// be unblocked.
                void Unlock();
        };
    }//Threading
}//Mezzanine

#endif