cppmutex.h

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/* -*- mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
 
/**
 * Cppmutex is an easy-to-use mutex class.
 * Create a cppmutex instance for a mutex.
 * Create a cppmutex::lock(M) object to get a lock; delete the object to free it.
 *
 * BE SURE THAT HAVE_PTHREAD IS DEFINED BEFORE INCLUDING THIS FILE
 */
 
 
#ifndef CPPMUTEX_H
#define CPPMUTEX_H
 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
 
#include <pthread.h>
#include <exception>
 
class cppmutex {
    // default copy construction and assignment are meaningless and not implemented
    cppmutex(const cppmutex &c);
    cppmutex &operator=(const cppmutex &cp);
 
public:
    pthread_mutex_t M;
public:
    cppmutex():M(){
        if(pthread_mutex_init(&M,NULL)){
            std::cerr << "pthread_mutex_init failed: " << strerror(errno) << "\n";
            exit(1);
        }
    }
    virtual ~cppmutex(){
        pthread_mutex_destroy(&M);
    }
    class lock {                        // get
    private:
        cppmutex &myMutex;      
        lock(const lock &l);            // copy of locks is meaningless
        lock &operator=(const lock &l);
    public:
        lock(cppmutex &m):myMutex(m){
            pthread_mutex_lock(&myMutex.M);
        }
        ~lock(){
            pthread_mutex_unlock(&myMutex.M);
        }
    };
};
 
#endif