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     34 
     35 #ifndef prmon_h___
     36 #define prmon_h___
     37 
     38 #include "prtypes.h"
     39 #include "prinrval.h"
     40 
     41 PR_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
     42 
     43 typedef struct PRMonitor PRMonitor;
     44 
     45 /*
     46 ** Create a new monitor. Monitors are re-entrant locks with a single built-in
     47 ** condition variable.
     48 **
     49 ** This may fail if memory is tight or if some operating system resource
     50 ** is low.
     51 */
     52 NSPR_API(PRMonitor*) PR_NewMonitor(void);
     53 
     54 /*
     55 ** Destroy a monitor. The caller is responsible for guaranteeing that the
     56 ** monitor is no longer in use. There must be no thread waiting on the monitor's
     57 ** condition variable and that the lock is not held.
     58 **
     59 */
     60 NSPR_API(void) PR_DestroyMonitor(PRMonitor *mon);
     61 
     62 /*
     63 ** Enter the lock associated with the monitor. If the calling thread currently
     64 ** is in the monitor, the call to enter will silently succeed. In either case,
     65 ** it will increment the entry count by one.
     66 */
     67 NSPR_API(void) PR_EnterMonitor(PRMonitor *mon);
     68 
     69 /*
     70 ** Decrement the entry count associated with the monitor. If the decremented
     71 ** entry count is zero, the monitor is exited. Returns PR_FAILURE if the
     72 ** calling thread has not entered the monitor.
     73 */
     74 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_ExitMonitor(PRMonitor *mon);
     75 
     76 /*
     77 ** Wait for a notify on the monitor's condition variable. Sleep for "ticks"
     78 ** amount of time (if "ticks" is PR_INTERVAL_NO_TIMEOUT then the sleep is
     79 ** indefinite).
     80 **
     81 ** While the thread is waiting it exits the monitor (as if it called
     82 ** PR_ExitMonitor as many times as it had called PR_EnterMonitor).  When
     83 ** the wait has finished the thread regains control of the monitors lock
     84 ** with the same entry count as before the wait began.
     85 **
     86 ** The thread waiting on the monitor will be resumed when the monitor is
     87 ** notified (assuming the thread is the next in line to receive the
     88 ** notify) or when the "ticks" timeout elapses.
     89 **
     90 ** Returns PR_FAILURE if the caller has not entered the monitor.
     91 */
     92 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_Wait(PRMonitor *mon, PRIntervalTime ticks);
     93 
     94 /*
     95 ** Notify a thread waiting on the monitor's condition variable. If a thread
     96 ** is waiting on the condition variable (using PR_Wait) then it is awakened
     97 ** and attempts to reenter the monitor.
     98 */
     99 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_Notify(PRMonitor *mon);
    100 
    101 /*
    102 ** Notify all of the threads waiting on the monitor's condition variable.
    103 ** All of threads waiting on the condition are scheduled to reenter the
    104 ** monitor.
    105 */
    106 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_NotifyAll(PRMonitor *mon);
    107 
    108 PR_END_EXTERN_C
    109 
    110 #endif /* prmon_h___ */
    111