From f4061426069470d5ec2a32f5b3427f204e7d8ca0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daljit <daljit7991@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 15:25:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add new MutexProtected class

Following #2778
---
 core/mutexprotected.h | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 core/mutexprotected.h

diff --git a/core/mutexprotected.h b/core/mutexprotected.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..818cba87a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/mutexprotected.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#ifndef MUTEXPROTECTED_H
+#define MUTEXPROTECTED_H
+
+#include <mutex>
+
+template <typename Object> class MutexProtected {
+public:
+  // Constructor forwards arguments to the constructor of the object
+  template <typename... Args> MutexProtected(Args &&...args) : m_object{std::forward<Args>(args)...} {}
+
+  class Guard {
+  public:
+    Guard(MutexProtected &protectedObject) : m_protectedObject(protectedObject), m_lock(protectedObject.m_mutex) {}
+    Guard(const Guard &) = delete;
+    Guard &operator=(const Guard &) = delete;
+    Guard(Guard &&) noexcept = default;
+    Guard &operator=(Guard &&) noexcept = default;
+    ~Guard() = default;
+
+    Object &operator*() { return m_protectedObject.m_object; }
+    Object *operator->() { return &m_protectedObject.m_object; }
+
+  private:
+    MutexProtected &m_protectedObject;
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> m_lock;
+  };
+
+  Guard lock() { return Guard(*this); }
+
+private:
+  std::mutex m_mutex;
+  Object m_object;
+};
+#endif // MUTEXPROTECTED_H