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@Bartek Szatkowski Bartek Szatkowski on 11 Jul 2017 3 KB RTOS: Semaphore: Improve API docs
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#ifndef SEMAPHORE_H
#define SEMAPHORE_H

#include <stdint.h>
#include "cmsis_os2.h"
#include "mbed_rtos1_types.h"
#include "mbed_rtos_storage.h"
#include "platform/NonCopyable.h"

namespace rtos {
/** \addtogroup rtos */
/** @{*/

/** The Semaphore class is used to manage and protect access to a set of shared resources.
 *
 * @note
 * Memory considerations: The semaphore control structures will be created on current thread's stack, both for the mbed OS
 * and underlying RTOS objects (static or dynamic RTOS memory pools are not being used).
 */
class Semaphore : private mbed::NonCopyable<Semaphore> {
public:
    /** Create and Initialize a Semaphore object used for managing resources.
      @param count      number of available resources; maximum index value is (count-1). (default: 0).
    */
    Semaphore(int32_t count=0);

    /** Create and Initialize a Semaphore object used for managing resources.
      @param  count     number of available resources
      @param  max_count maximum number of available resources
    */
    Semaphore(int32_t count, uint16_t max_count);

    /** Wait until a Semaphore resource becomes available.
      @param   millisec  timeout value or 0 in case of no time-out. (default: osWaitForever).
      @return  number of available tokens, before taking one; or -1 in case of incorrect parameters
    */
    int32_t wait(uint32_t millisec=osWaitForever);

    /** Release a Semaphore resource that was obtain with Semaphore::wait.
      @return status code that indicates the execution status of the function:
              @a osOK the token has been correctly released.
              @a osErrorResource the maximum token count has been reached.
              @a osErrorParameter internal error.
    */
    osStatus release(void);

    ~Semaphore();

private:
    void constructor(int32_t count, uint16_t max_count);

    osSemaphoreId_t               _id;
    osSemaphoreAttr_t             _attr;
    mbed_rtos_storage_semaphore_t _obj_mem;
};

}
#endif

/** @}*/