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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- --
+-- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
+-- --
+-- S Y S T E M . G L O B A L _ L O C K S --
+-- --
+-- S p e c --
+-- --
+-- Copyright (C) 1999-2006, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
+-- --
+-- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
+-- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
+-- ware Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later ver- --
+-- sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITH- --
+-- OUT 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 distributed with GNAT; see file COPYING. If not, write --
+-- to the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, --
+-- Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. --
+-- --
+-- As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from this --
+-- unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an executable, --
+-- this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be --
+-- covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not --
+-- however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be --
+-- covered by the GNU Public License. --
+-- --
+-- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
+-- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
+-- --
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ -- This package contains the necessary routines to provide
+ -- reliable system wide locking capability.
+
+package System.Global_Locks is
+
+ Lock_Error : exception;
+ -- Exception raised if a request cannot be executed on a lock
+
+ type Lock_Type is private;
+ -- Such a lock is a global lock between partitions. This lock is
+ -- uniquely defined between the partitions because of its name.
+
+ Null_Lock : constant Lock_Type;
+ -- This needs comments ???
+
+ procedure Create_Lock (Lock : out Lock_Type; Name : String);
+ -- Create or retrieve a global lock for the current partition using
+ -- its Name.
+
+ procedure Acquire_Lock (Lock : in out Lock_Type);
+ -- If the lock cannot be acquired because someone already owns it, this
+ -- procedure is supposed to wait and retry forever.
+
+ procedure Release_Lock (Lock : in out Lock_Type);
+
+private
+
+ type Lock_Type is new Natural;
+
+ Null_Lock : constant Lock_Type := 0;
+
+end System.Global_Locks;