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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

  /**
   *  @param x ...
   */
  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 (null == written.next) {
      nreaders += 1; wait(); nreaders -= 1
    }
    val x = written.elem
    written = written.next
    x
  }
}
