Semaphore.h

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#pragma once

#include <ICLUtils/CompatMacros.h>
#include <ICLUtils/ShallowCopyable.h>


namespace icl{
  namespace utils{
    
    class ICLUtils_API SemaphoreImpl;
    class ICLUtils_API SemaphoreImplDelOp{
      public: static void delete_func(SemaphoreImpl *impl);
    };

    class ICLUtils_API Semaphore : public ShallowCopyable<SemaphoreImpl, SemaphoreImplDelOp>{
      public:
      Semaphore(int n=1);
      
      void operator++(int dummy);
      
      void operator--(int dummy);
      
      void operator+=(int val);
      
      void operator-=(int val);
      
      void acquire(int val=1){ (*this)-=val; }
  
      void release(int val=1){ (*this)+=val; }
      
      bool tryAcquire();
      
      bool tryRelease();
      
      int getValue();
      
      int getMaxValue();
    };
    
  } // namespace utils
}