info.aduna.concurrent.locks
Interface ReadWriteLockManager

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractReadWriteLockManager, ReadPrefReadWriteLockManager, WritePrefReadWriteLockManager

public interface ReadWriteLockManager

A lock manager that manages a multi-read, single-write lock. This lock manager allows multiple read locks to be active at the same time. The write lock is exclusive, meaning that no other read- or write locks may be active at the same time.

Author:
Arjohn Kampman

Method Summary
 Lock getReadLock()
          Gets a read lock.
 Lock getWriteLock()
          Gets an exclusive write lock.
 Lock tryReadLock()
          Gets a read lock, if available.
 Lock tryWriteLock()
          Gets an exclusive write lock, if available.
 

Method Detail

tryReadLock

Lock tryReadLock()
Gets a read lock, if available. This method will return null if the read lock is not immediately available.


getReadLock

Lock getReadLock()
                 throws java.lang.InterruptedException
Gets a read lock. This method blocks until the read lock is available.

Throws:
java.lang.InterruptedException - In case the thread requesting the lock was interrupted.

tryWriteLock

Lock tryWriteLock()
Gets an exclusive write lock, if available. This method will return null if the write lock is not immediately available.


getWriteLock

Lock getWriteLock()
                  throws java.lang.InterruptedException
Gets an exclusive write lock. This method blocks until the write lock is available.

Throws:
java.lang.InterruptedException - In case the thread requesting the lock was interrupted.


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