non/Timeline/Mutex.H

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/* Copyright (C) 2008 Jonathan Moore Liles                                     */
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#pragma once

#include <pthread.h>

const pthread_mutex_t _mutex_initializer = PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP;

class Mutex
{

    pthread_mutex_t _lock;

public:

    Mutex ( )
        {
//            pthread_mutex_init( &_lock, NULL );
            _lock = _mutex_initializer;
        }

    virtual ~Mutex ( )
        {
            pthread_mutex_destroy( &_lock );
        }

    void
    lock ( void )
        {
            pthread_mutex_lock( &_lock );
        }

    void
    unlock ( void )
        {
            pthread_mutex_unlock( &_lock );
        }

    bool
    trylock ( void )
        {
            return pthread_mutex_trylock( &_lock ) == 0;
        }

};