Package org.apache.lucene.store

Class Lock

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Closeable, AutoCloseable
    public abstract class Lock
extends Object
implements Closeable
    An interprocess mutex lock.

    Typical use might look like:

     new Lock.With(directory.makeLock("my.lock")) {
     public Object doBody() {
       ... code to execute while locked ...
     }
   }.run();
    See Also:
    Directory.makeLock(String)

    • Field Detail

      • LOCK_POLL_INTERVAL

        public static long LOCK_POLL_INTERVAL
        How long obtain(long) waits, in milliseconds, in between attempts to acquire the lock.

      • LOCK_OBTAIN_WAIT_FOREVER

        public static final long LOCK_OBTAIN_WAIT_FOREVER
        Pass this value to obtain(long) to try forever to obtain the lock.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    • Constructor Detail

      • Lock

        public Lock()

    • Method Detail

      • obtain

        public abstract boolean obtain()
                        throws IOException
        Attempts to obtain exclusive access and immediately return upon success or failure. Use close() to release the lock.
        Returns:
        true iff exclusive access is obtained
        Throws:
        IOException

      • isLocked

        public abstract boolean isLocked()
                          throws IOException
        Returns true if the resource is currently locked. Note that one must still call obtain() before using the resource.
        Throws:
        IOException