sprint/thread/event.h

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/******************************************************************************
*   SPRINT::event
*
*   Copyright (C) 2003-2007  Paolo Medici <www.pmx.it>
*
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*
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#ifndef _SPRINT_EVENT_H
#define _SPRINT_EVENT_H

#include <sprint/sysdef.h>

#ifdef WIN32

namespace sprint {

class event {
private:
        HANDLE m_event;
public:
        event(bool bManualReset = true, bool InitialStatus = false)
        {
                m_event = CreateEvent(NULL, bManualReset, InitialStatus, NULL);
        }
        ~event()
        {
                ::CloseHandle(m_event);
        }
        inline void signal() const
        {
                ::SetEvent(m_event);
        }
        inline void unsignal() const
        {
                ::ResetEvent(m_event);
        }

        inline bool wait(DWORD timeout) const
        {
                return ::WaitForSingleObject(m_event, timeout) == WAIT_OBJECT_0;        
        }

        inline DWORD win_wait(DWORD timeout) const
        {
                return ::WaitForSingleObject(m_event, timeout); 
        }

        inline operator HANDLE() { return m_event; }

};

}

#endif          // _win32       

#endif          // _PM_EVENT_