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#ifndef __MUTEX_H__
#define __MUTEX_H__

#include "capu/Error.h"

#define MUTEX_INC_HEADER
#include "arch/Mutex.inc"
#undef MUTEX_INC_HEADER


namespace capu
{
  class Mutex
  {

#define MUTEX_INC_MEMBER
#include "arch/Mutex.inc"
#undef MUTEX_INC_MEMBER

  public:

    /**
    * Constructor
    */
    inline Mutex();

    /**
    * Destructor
    */
    inline ~Mutex();

    /**
    * used for locking if lock is not currently available, then wait until the lock is captured
    * @return CAPU_OK if the locking is successful
    *         CAPU_ERROR otherwise
    */
    inline status_t lock();

    /**
    * it will attempt to lock a mutex. However if the mutex is already locked, the routine will return false immediately
    * @return true if the mutex is successfully locked
    *         false if the mutex is already locked
    */
    inline bool trylock();

    /**
    *release the lock
    *@return CAPU_OK if the unlocking is successful
    *        CAPU_ERROR otherwise 
    */
    inline status_t unlock();

  };


#define MUTEX_INC_IMPL
    #include "arch/Mutex.inc"
#undef MUTEX_INC_IMPL
}

#endif