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--  Note: the compiler generates direct calls to this interface, via Rtsfind.

--  Any changes to this interface may require corresponding compiler changes.
with Ada.Exceptions;

--  Used for, Exception_Id
package System.Tasking.Protected_Objects is
   --  This interface is described in the document

   --  Gnu Ada Runtime Library Interface (GNARLI).

   pragma Elaborate_Body (System.Tasking.Protected_Objects);
   procedure Initialize_Protection
     (Object            : access Protection;
      Ceiling_Priority  : Integer;
      Compiler_Info     : System.Address;
      Entry_Bodies      : access Protected_Entry_Body_Array);
   --  Initialize the Object parameter so that it can be used by the runtime

   --  to keep track of the runtime state of a protected object.
   procedure Lock (Object : access Protection);
   --  Lock a protected object for write access.  Upon return, the caller
   --  owns the lock to this object, and no other call to Lock or
   --  Lock_Read_Only with the same argument will return until the

   --  corresponding call to Unlock has been made by the caller.
   procedure Lock_Read_Only (Object : access Protection);
   --  Lock a protected object for read access.  Upon return, the caller
   --  owns the lock for read access, and no other calls to Lock
   --  with the same argument will return until the corresponding call
   --  to Unlock has been made by the caller.  Other cals to Lock_Read_Only
   --  may (but need not) return before the call to Unlock, and the

   --  corresponding callers will also own the lock for read access.
   procedure Unlock (Object : access Protection);
   --  Relinquish ownership of the lock for the object represented by
   --  the Object parameter.  If this ownership was for write access, or
   --  if it was for read access where there are no other read access
   --  locks outstanding, one (or more, in the case of Lock_Read_Only)
   --  of the tasks waiting on this lock (if any) will be given the

   --  lock and allowed to return from the Lock or Lock_Read_Only call.
   procedure Protected_Entry_Call
     (Object    : access Protection;
      E         : Protected_Entry_Index;
      Uninterpreted_Data : System.Address;
      Mode      : Call_Modes;
      Block     : out Communication_Block);
   --  Make a protected entry call to the specified object.
   --  Pend a protected entry call on the protected object represented
   --  by Object.  A pended call is not queued; it may be executed immediately
   --  or queued, depending on the state of the entry barrier.
   --  E---The index representing the entry to be called.
   --  Uninterpreted_Data---This will be returned by Next_Entry_Call
   --   when this call is serviced.  It can be used by the compiler
   --   to pass information between the caller and the server, in particular
   --   entry parameters.
   --  Mode---The kind of call to be pended.
   --  Block---Information passed between one runtime call and another

   --   by the compiler.
   procedure Service_Entries (Object : access Protection);
   --  Service all entry queues of the specified object, executing the
   --  corresponding bodies of any queued entry calls that are waiting
   --  on True barriers.  This is used when the state of a protected
   --  object may have changed, in particular after the execution of
   --  the statement sequence of a protected procedure.
   --  Note that servicing an entry may change the value of one or more
   --  barriers, so this this routine keeps checking barriers until all of
   --  them are closed.
   --  This must be called with abortion deferred and with the corresponding

   --  object locked.
   pragma Inline (Service_Entries);

   --  !!! To try to be fairer to the callback interface.
   procedure Cancel_Protected_Entry_Call (Block : in out Communication_Block);
   --  Attempt to cancel the most recent protected entry call.  If the call is
   --  not queued abortably, wait until it is or until it has completed.
   --  If the call is actually cancelled, the called object will be
   --  locked on return from this call. Get_Cancelled (Block) can be
   --  used to determine if the cancellation took place; there
   --  may be entries needing service in this case.

   --  Block passes information between this and other runtime calls.
   procedure Complete_Entry_Body (Object : access Protection);
   --  Called from within an entry body procedure, indicates that the

   --  corresponding entry call has been serviced.
   procedure Exceptional_Complete_Entry_Body
     (Object : access Protection;
      Ex     : Ada.Exceptions.Exception_Id);
   --  Perform all of the functions of Complete_Entry_Body.  In addition,
   --  report in Ex the exception whose propagation terminated the entry

   --  body to the runtime system.
   function Enqueued (Block : Communication_Block) return Boolean;
   --  Returns True if the Protected_Entry_Call which returned the

   --  specified Block object was queued; False otherwise.
   function Cancelled (Block : Communication_Block) return Boolean;
   --  Returns True if the Protected_Entry_Call which returned the

   --  specified Block object was cancelled, False otherwise.
   procedure Requeue_Protected_Entry
     (Object     : access Protection;
      New_Object : access Protection;
      E          : Protected_Entry_Index;
      With_Abort : Boolean);
   --  If Object = New_Object, queue the protected entry call on Object
   --   currently being serviced on the queue corresponding to the entry
   --   represented by E.
   --  If Object /= New_Object, transfer the call to New_Object.E,
   --   executing or queuing it as appropriate.
   --  With_Abort---True if the call is to be queued abortably, false

   --   otherwise.
   procedure Requeue_Task_To_Protected_Entry
     (New_Object : access Protection;
      E          : Protected_Entry_Index;
      With_Abort : Boolean);
   --  Transfer task entry call currently being serviced to entry E
   --   on New_Object.
   --  With_Abort---True if the call is to be queued abortably, false

   --   otherwise.
   function Protected_Count
     (Object : Protection;
      E      : Protected_Entry_Index)
      return   Natural;

   --  Return the number of entry calls to E on Object.
   function Protected_Entry_Caller (Object : Protection) return Task_ID;
   --  Return value of E'Caller, where E is the protected entry currently
   --  being handled.  This will only work if called from within an

   --  entry body, as required by the LRM (C.7.1(14)).
end System.Tasking.Protected_Objects;