Shibboleth Developers

[Derek Atkins <>]

Scott (et al),

Here is my proposed thread API.  I'm not sure how to cope with the
various attribute calls, and honestly I don't like having all the
static "create()" routines..

Suggestions, comments?

-derek


/*
 * shib-threads.h -- abstraction around Pthreads interface
 *
 * Created by:  Derek Atkins 
<>
 *
 * $Id: $
 */

#ifndef SHIB_THREADS_H
#define SHIB_THREADS_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
#include <pthread.h>
#endif

#ifdef __cplusplus
}


namespace shibtarget {

  class Thread {
  public:
    static Thread* create(void* (*start_routine)(void*), void* arg);
    static void exit(void* return);

    virtual int detach() = 0;
    virtual int join(void** thread_return) = 0;
  };

  class Mutex {
  public:
    static Mutex* create();

    virtual int lock() = 0;
    virtual int unlock() = 0;
  };

  class CondWait {
  public:
    static CondWait* create();

    virtual int wait(Mutex*) = 0;
    virtual int timedwait(Mutex*, struct timespec *abstime) = 0;
    virutal int signal() = 0;
    virtual int broadcast() = 0;
  };

  class RWLock {
  public:
    static RWLock* create();

    virtual int rdlock() = 0;
    virtual int wrlock() = 0;
    virtual int unlock() = 0;
  };

} // namespace

#endif /* __cplusplus */
#endif /* SHIB_THREADS_H */

-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       

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