Refs #4554 trying a boost mutex class, mostly to see if it compiles

Code/Mantid/Build/CMake/CommonSetup.cmake

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ include ( VersionNumber )
 # Look for dependencies - bail out if any not found
 ###########################################################################
 
-find_package ( Boost REQUIRED signals date_time regex )
+find_package ( Boost REQUIRED signals date_time regex thread )
 include_directories( SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 add_definitions ( -DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK )
 # Need this defined globally for our log time values

Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ set ( TEST_FILES
 	test/MatrixPropertyTest.h
 	test/MatrixTest.h
 	test/MemoryTest.h
+	test/MutexTest.h
 	test/MersenneTwisterTest.h
 	test/MultiFileNameParserTest.h
 	test/NeutronAtomTest.h

Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/MutexTest.h

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#ifndef MUTEXTEST_H
+#define MUTEXTEST_H
+
+#include <cxxtest/TestSuite.h>
+#include "MantidKernel/MultiThreaded.h"
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+
+using namespace Mantid::Kernel;
+
+boost::shared_mutex _access;
+void reader()
+{
+  boost::shared_lock< boost::shared_mutex > lock(_access);
+  // do work here, without anyone having exclusive access
+}
+
+void conditional_writer()
+{
+  boost::upgrade_lock< boost::shared_mutex > lock(_access);
+  // do work here, without anyone having exclusive access
+
+  if (true)
+  {
+    boost::upgrade_to_unique_lock< boost::shared_mutex > uniqueLock(lock);
+    // do work here, but now you have exclusive access
+  }
+
+  // do more work here, without anyone having exclusive access
+}
+
+void unconditional_writer()
+{
+  boost::unique_lock< boost::shared_mutex > lock( _access );
+  // do work here, with exclusive access
+}
+
+
+class MutexTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
+{
+public:
+
+  void test_1()
+  {
+
+  }
+
+};
+
+
+#endif /* MUTEXTEST_H */
+
+