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+++ b/Core/MultiThreading/Semaphore.cpp	Thu Jul 03 15:58:53 2014 +0200
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+/**
+ * Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Medical Physics Department, CHU of Liege,
+ * Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders of this
+ * program give permission to link the code of its release with the
+ * OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it
+ * that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute
+ * the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General Public License
+ * in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you
+ * modify file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to
+ * your version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If
+ * you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
+ * version. If you delete this exception statement from all source files
+ * in the program, then also delete it here.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#include "Semaphore.h"
+
+#include "../OrthancException.h"
+
+
+namespace Orthanc
+{
+  Semaphore::Semaphore(unsigned int count) : count_(count)
+  {
+    if (count == 0)
+    {
+      throw OrthancException(ErrorCode_ParameterOutOfRange);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void Semaphore::Release()
+  {
+    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mutex_);
+
+    count_++;
+    condition_.notify_one(); 
+  }
+
+  void Semaphore::Acquire()
+  {
+    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mutex_);
+
+    while (count_ == 0)
+    {
+      condition_.wait(lock);
+    }
+
+    count_++;
+  }
+}