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author Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com>
date Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:03:30 +0200
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/**
 * Stone of Orthanc
 * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
 * Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
 *
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 **/


#pragma once

#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>

namespace OrthancStone
{
  /**
   * Dummy interface to explicitely tag the interfaces whose derived
   * class must be thread-safe. The different methods of such classes
   * might be simlultaneously invoked by several threads, and should
   * be properly protected by mutexes.
   **/
  class IThreadSafe : public boost::noncopyable
  {
  public:
    virtual ~IThreadSafe()
    {
    }
  };


  /**
   * Dummy interface to explicitely tag the interfaces that are NOT
   * expected to be thread-safe. The Orthanc Stone framework ensures
   * that at most one method of such classes will be invoked at a
   * given time. Such classes are automatically protected by the
   * Orthanc Stone framework wherever required.
   **/
  class IThreadUnsafe : public boost::noncopyable
  {
  public:
    virtual ~IThreadUnsafe()
    {
    }
  };
}