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Interface Lock

All Known Subinterfaces:

ClusteredLock

All Known Implementing Classes:

TangosolClusteredLock

public interface Lock

Generic lock interface - a subset of Java 1.5 java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock interface

See Also:

LockOperation

Method Summary

void	lock() Acquire a lock - blocks until lock is successfully acquired
boolean	tryLock() Try to obtain a lock - returns immediately
void	unlock() Unlock this lock

Method Detail

tryLock

public boolean tryLock()

Try to obtain a lock - returns immediately

Returns:

true if the lock was successful, false if currently locked by something else

unlock

public void unlock()

Unlock this lock

lock

public void lock()

Acquire a lock - blocks until lock is successfully acquired