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/* mbed Microcontroller Library
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2012 ARM Limited
 *
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 */
#ifndef SEMAPHORE_H
#define SEMAPHORE_H

#include <stdint.h>
#include "cmsis_os.h"

namespace rtos {

/** The Semaphore class is used to manage and protect access to a set of shared resources. */
class Semaphore {
public:
    /** Create and Initialize a Semaphore object used for managing resources.
      @param number of available resources; maximum index value is (count-1).
    */
    Semaphore(int32_t count);

    /** Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available.
      @param   millisec  timeout value or 0 in case of no time-out. (default: osWaitForever).
      @return  number of available tokens, or -1 in case of incorrect parameters
    */
    int32_t wait(uint32_t millisec=osWaitForever);

    /** Release a Semaphore resource that was obtain with Semaphore::wait.
      @return  status code that indicates the execution status of the function.
    */
    osStatus release(void);

    ~Semaphore();

private:
    osSemaphoreId _osSemaphoreId;
    osSemaphoreDef_t _osSemaphoreDef;
#ifdef CMSIS_OS_RTX
    uint32_t _semaphore_data[2];
#endif
};

}
#endif