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3 -- GNAT LIBRARY COMPONENTS --
5 -- G N A T . B O U N D E D _ B U F F E R S --
9 -- Copyright (C) 2003 Ada Core Technologies, Inc. --
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29 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
30 -- It is now maintained by Ada Core Technologies Inc (http://www.gnat.com). --
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34 -- This package provides a thread-safe generic bounded buffer abstraction.
35 -- Instances are useful directly or as parts of the implementations of other
36 -- abstractions, such as mailboxes.
38 -- Bounded_Buffer is declared explicitly as a protected type, rather than as
39 -- a simple limited private type completed as a protected type, so that
40 -- clients may make calls accordingly (i.e., conditional/timed entry calls).
45 type Element
is private;
46 -- The type of the values contained within buffer objects
47 package GNAT
.Bounded_Buffers
is
50 type Content
is array (Positive range <>) of Element
;
51 -- Content is an internal artefact that cannot be hidden
52 -- because protected types cannot contain type declarations.
54 Default_Ceiling
: constant System
.Priority
:= System
.Default_Priority
;
55 -- A convenience value for the Ceiling discriminant.
57 protected type Bounded_Buffer
59 -- Objects of type Bounded_Buffer specify the maximum
60 -- number of Element values they can hold via the
61 -- discriminant Capacity.
62 Ceiling
: System
.Priority
)
63 -- Users must specify the ceiling priority for the object.
64 -- If the Real-Time Systems Annex is not in use this value
67 pragma Priority
(Ceiling
);
69 entry Insert
(Item
: in Element
);
70 -- Insert Item into the buffer. Blocks caller
71 -- until space is available.
73 entry Remove
(Item
: out Element
);
74 -- Remove next available Element from buffer.
75 -- Blocks caller until an Element is available.
77 function Empty
return Boolean;
78 -- Returns whether the instance contains any Elements.
79 -- Note: State may change immediately after call returns.
81 function Full
return Boolean;
82 -- Returns whether any space remains within the instance.
83 -- Note: State may change immediately after call returns.
85 function Extent
return Natural;
86 -- Returns the number of Element values currently held
87 -- within the instance.
88 -- Note: State may change immediately after call returns.
91 Values
: Content
(1 .. Capacity
);
92 -- The container for the values held by the buffer instance.
93 Next_In
: Positive := 1;
94 -- The index of the next Element inserted. Wraps around.
95 Next_Out
: Positive := 1;
96 -- The index of the next Element removed. Wraps around.
98 -- The number of Elements currently held.
101 end GNAT
.Bounded_Buffers
;