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\* */
package scala.concurrent
/** This class ...
*
* @author Martin Odersky
* @version 1.0, 10/03/2003
*/
class Channel[A] {
class LinkedList[A] {
var elem: A = _
var next: LinkedList[A] = null
}
private var written = new LinkedList[A] // FIFO buffer, realized through
private var lastWritten = written // aliasing of a linked list
private var nreaders = 0
/**
*/
def write(x: A) = synchronized {
lastWritten.elem = x
lastWritten.next = new LinkedList[A]
lastWritten = lastWritten.next
if (nreaders > 0) notify()
}
def read: A = synchronized {
while (written.next == null) {
try {
nreaders += 1
wait()
}
finally nreaders -= 1
}
val x = written.elem
written = written.next
x
}
}