org.eclipse.tesla.aether.concurrency
Interface FileLockManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultFileLockManager

public interface FileLockManager

A LockManager holding external locks, locking files between OS processes (e.g. via FileLockManager.Lock.

Author:

Benjamin Hanzelmann

Nested Class Summary

static interface

FileLockManager.Lock This lock object adds the ability to directly access the contents of the locked file.

Method Summary

FileLockManager.Lock	readLock(File target) Obtain a lock object that may be used to lock the target file for reading.
FileLockManager.Lock	writeLock(File target) Obtain a lock object that may be used to lock the target file for writing.

Method Detail

readLock

FileLockManager.Lock readLock(File target)

Obtain a lock object that may be used to lock the target file for reading. This method must not lock that file right immediately (see FileLockManager.Lock.lock()).

Parameters:

target - the file to lock, never null.

Returns:

a lock object, never null.

writeLock

FileLockManager.Lock writeLock(File target)

Obtain a lock object that may be used to lock the target file for writing. This method must not lock that file right immediately (see FileLockManager.Lock.lock()).

Parameters:

target - the file to lock, never null.

Returns:

a lock object, never null.