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+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) Qxt Foundation. Some rights reserved.
+**
+** This file is part of the QxtCore module of the Qt eXTension library
+**
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+** under the terms of th Common Public License, version 1.0, as published by
+** IBM.
+**
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+** FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+**
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+** See the LICENSE file and the cpl1.0.txt file included with the source
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+** <http://libqxt.sourceforge.net> <foundation@libqxt.org>
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#include "qxtsemaphore.h"
+
+/**
+\class QxtSemaphore QxtSemaphore
+\ingroup QxtCore
+\brief system wide semaphore (former QxtSingleInstance)
+
+
+\code
+ QxtSemaphore instance("com.mycompany.foobla.uniquestring");
+ if(!instance.trylock())
+ {
+ qDebug("already started")
+ }
+
+\endcode
+
+Note that the semaphore is autoaticly unlocked on destruction, but not on segfault,sigkill,etc...!
+*/
+
+#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
+#include "Windows.h"
+
+class QxtSemaphorePrivate : public QxtPrivate<QxtSemaphore>
+{
+public:
+ QString name;
+ unsigned sem_m;
+ void init()
+ {
+ sem_m=0;
+ }
+
+ bool trylock()
+ {
+ sem_m = (unsigned ) CreateSemaphoreA ( NULL , 1 , 2 , qPrintable("Global\\"+name) );
+ if (sem_m == 0 )
+ return false;
+ return true;
+ }
+ bool unlock()
+ {
+ if (sem_m==0)
+ return false;
+ return CloseHandle((void *)sem_m);
+ }
+};
+
+
+
+#else
+
+#include <semaphore.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+class QxtSemaphorePrivate : public QxtPrivate<QxtSemaphore>
+{
+public:
+ QString name;
+ sem_t* m_sem;
+ bool s_N;
+ void init()
+ {
+ s_N=false;
+ m_sem=NULL;
+ }
+
+ bool trylock()
+ {
+ m_sem=sem_open(qPrintable(name), O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, 1);
+ if (m_sem==(sem_t*)(SEM_FAILED) || sem_trywait(m_sem))
+ {
+ m_sem=NULL;
+ s_N=true;
+ return false;
+ }
+ s_N=false;
+ return true;
+ }
+ bool unlock()
+ {
+ if (m_sem==NULL)
+ return false;
+ if (!s_N)
+ {
+ sem_post(m_sem);
+ }
+ return (sem_close(m_sem)==0);
+ }
+};
+
+#endif
+
+QxtSemaphore::QxtSemaphore(QString uniqueID)
+{
+ qxt_d().name=uniqueID;
+ qxt_d().init();
+}
+
+QxtSemaphore::~QxtSemaphore()
+{
+ unlock();
+}
+
+bool QxtSemaphore::trylock()
+{
+ return qxt_d().trylock();
+}
+bool QxtSemaphore::unlock()
+{
+ return qxt_d().unlock();
+}