// -*-C++-*- 

/*  inc/platform/threads/ThreadsSystem.hpp  */

/*
 * Author: Philogelos A. <Philogelos@yahoo.com>
 * Maintainer: Philogelos A.
 * Keywords: C++, library, containers
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1999 Philogelos A.
 *
 * This file is part of Quercus Robusta.
 *
 * Quercus Robusta is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
 * along with this software; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */



#ifndef __THREADSSYSTEM_HPP__
#define __THREADSSYSTEM_HPP__

/* $Id$ */

#include "Top.hpp"
#include "defines.h"

interface Mutex;
interface CondVar;
interface Thread;
interface Semaphore;

/**

   @author Philogelos
   @created
*/
interface ThreadsSystem : public virtual Top
{
 public: virtual void onceMethod( Top *anObject, void ( Top::*aMethod )() );
 public: virtual void onceFunc( void ( *aFunct )() ) = 0;

 public: virtual Mutex *mutex() = 0;
 public: virtual Mutex *recMutex() = 0;
 public: virtual CondVar *condition() = 0;
 public: virtual Semaphore *semaphore( Index anInitialCount ) = 0;

 public: virtual Thread *getSelf() = 0;
 public: virtual void cancel( Thread *aVictim ) = 0;
 public: virtual void sleep( Index aSecond, Index aNanoseconds ) = 0;
 public: virtual void exitCurrent( void *aStatus ) = 0;
};

/* $Log$ */

/* __THREADSSYSTEM_HPP__ */
#endif
