countingsemaphore.h

Generic template class library for message queue implementation, uses pthread mutex.

#ifndef __COUNTINGSEMAPHORE_H__
#define __COUNTINGSEMAPHORE_H__

#include <semaphore.h>

class CountingSemaphore
{
  public:
    CountingSemaphore(
        unsigned long value = 0
    );

    virtual ~CountingSemaphore();

    void post();

    void wait();

    bool trywait();

  private:
    sem_t posixSemaphore;

};

#endif /* __COUNTINGSEMAPHORE_H__ */