itkMutexLockHolder.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit
  Module:    $RCSfile: itkMutexLockHolder.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2009-02-06 20:53:10 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.3 $

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  Portions of this code are covered under the VTK copyright.
  See VTKCopyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/VTKCopyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 
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#ifndef __itkMutexLockHolder_h
#define __itkMutexLockHolder_h

#include "itkMacro.h"

namespace itk
{

template <class TMutex>
class MutexLockHolder
{
public:
  typedef TMutex Mutex;
  MutexLockHolder(Mutex& mutex): m_Mutex(mutex)
    {
    m_Mutex.Lock();
    }
  ~MutexLockHolder()
    {
    m_Mutex.Unlock();
    }
protected:
  Mutex& m_Mutex;
};

}//end itk namespace

#endif