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+
+/*!
+    \class QWaitCondition
+    \brief The QWaitCondition class provides a condition variable for
+    synchronizing threads.
+
+    \threadsafe
+
+    \ingroup thread
+
+    QWaitCondition allows a thread to tell other threads that some
+    sort of condition has been met. One or many threads can block
+    waiting for a QWaitCondition to set a condition with wakeOne() or
+    wakeAll(). Use wakeOne() to wake one randomly selected condition or
+    wakeAll() to wake them all.
+
+    For example, let's suppose that we have three tasks that should
+    be performed whenever the user presses a key. Each task could be
+    split into a thread, each of which would have a
+    \l{QThread::run()}{run()} body like this:
+
+    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_thread_qwaitcondition_unix.cpp 0
+
+    Here, the \c keyPressed variable is a global variable of type
+    QWaitCondition.
+
+    A fourth thread would read key presses and wake the other three
+    threads up every time it receives one, like this:
+
+    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_thread_qwaitcondition_unix.cpp 1
+
+    The order in which the three threads are woken up is undefined.
+    Also, if some of the threads are still in \c do_something() when
+    the key is pressed, they won't be woken up (since they're not
+    waiting on the condition variable) and so the task will not be
+    performed for that key press. This issue can be solved using a
+    counter and a QMutex to guard it. For example, here's the new
+    code for the worker threads:
+
+    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_thread_qwaitcondition_unix.cpp 2
+
+    Here's the code for the fourth thread:
+
+    \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_thread_qwaitcondition_unix.cpp 3
+
+    The mutex is necessary because the results of two threads
+    attempting to change the value of the same variable
+    simultaneously are unpredictable.
+
+    Wait conditions are a powerful thread synchronization primitive.
+    The \l{threads/waitconditions}{Wait Conditions} example shows how
+    to use QWaitCondition as an alternative to QSemaphore for
+    controlling access to a circular buffer shared by a producer
+    thread and a consumer thread.
+
+    \sa QMutex, QSemaphore, QThread, {Wait Conditions Example}
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn QWaitCondition::QWaitCondition()
+
+    Constructs a new wait condition object.
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn QWaitCondition::~QWaitCondition()
+
+    Destroys the wait condition object.
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn void QWaitCondition::wakeOne()
+
+    Wakes one thread waiting on the wait condition. The thread that
+    is woken up depends on the operating system's scheduling
+    policies, and cannot be controlled or predicted.
+
+    If you want to wake up a specific thread, the solution is
+    typically to use different wait conditions and have different
+    threads wait on different conditions.
+
+    \sa wakeAll()
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn void QWaitCondition::wakeAll()
+
+    Wakes all threads waiting on the wait condition. The order in
+    which the threads are woken up depends on the operating system's
+    scheduling policies and cannot be controlled or predicted.
+
+    \sa wakeOne()
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn bool QWaitCondition::wait(QMutex *mutex, unsigned long time)
+
+    Releases the locked \a mutex and waits on the wait condition.  The
+    \a mutex must be initially locked by the calling thread. If \a
+    mutex is not in a locked state, this function returns
+    immediately. If \a mutex is a recursive mutex, this function
+    returns immediately. The \a mutex will be unlocked, and the
+    calling thread will block until either of these conditions is met:
+
+    \list
+    \o Another thread signals it using wakeOne() or wakeAll(). This
+       function will return true in this case.
+    \o \a time milliseconds has elapsed. If \a time is \c ULONG_MAX
+       (the default), then the wait will never timeout (the event
+       must be signalled). This function will return false if the
+       wait timed out.
+    \endlist
+
+    The mutex will be returned to the same locked state. This
+    function is provided to allow the atomic transition from the
+    locked state to the wait state.
+
+    \sa wakeOne(), wakeAll()
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn bool QWaitCondition::wait(QReadWriteLock *readWriteLock, unsigned long time)
+    \since 4.4
+
+    Releases the locked \a readWriteLock and waits on the wait
+    condition.  The \a readWriteLock must be initially locked by the
+    calling thread. If \a readWriteLock is not in a locked state, this
+    function returns immediately. The \a readWriteLock must not be
+    locked recursively, otherwise this function will not release the
+    lock properly. The \a readWriteLock will be unlocked, and the
+    calling thread will block until either of these conditions is met:
+
+    \list
+    \o Another thread signals it using wakeOne() or wakeAll(). This
+       function will return true in this case.
+    \o \a time milliseconds has elapsed. If \a time is \c ULONG_MAX
+       (the default), then the wait will never timeout (the event
+       must be signalled). This function will return false if the
+       wait timed out.
+    \endlist
+
+    The \a readWriteLock will be returned to the same locked
+    state. This function is provided to allow the atomic transition
+    from the locked state to the wait state.
+
+    \sa wakeOne(), wakeAll()
+*/