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2 // System.Threading.Mutex.cs
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7 // Veronica De Santis (veron78@interfree.it)
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35 using System;
36 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
38 namespace System.Threading
40 public sealed class Mutex : WaitHandle
42 [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
43 private static extern IntPtr CreateMutex_internal(
44 bool initiallyOwned,
45 string name,
46 out bool created);
48 [MethodImplAttribute(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
49 private static extern void ReleaseMutex_internal(IntPtr handle);
51 public Mutex() {
52 bool created;
54 Handle=CreateMutex_internal(false, null, out created);
57 public Mutex(bool initiallyOwned) {
58 bool created;
60 Handle=CreateMutex_internal(initiallyOwned, null,
61 out created);
64 public Mutex(bool initiallyOwned, string name) {
65 bool created;
67 Handle=CreateMutex_internal(initiallyOwned, name,
68 out created);
72 public Mutex(bool initiallyOwned, string name,
73 out bool createdNew) {
74 Handle=CreateMutex_internal(initiallyOwned, name,
75 out createdNew);
78 public void ReleaseMutex() {
79 ReleaseMutex_internal(Handle);