org.neo4j.graphdb

Interface Lock

public interface Lock

An acquired lock on an entity for a transaction, acquired from Transaction.acquireWriteLock(PropertyContainer) or Transaction.acquireReadLock(PropertyContainer) this lock can be released manually using release(). If not released manually it will be automatically released when the transaction owning it finishes.

Author:

Mattias Persson

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	release() Releases this lock before the transaction finishes.

Method Detail

release

void release()

Releases this lock before the transaction finishes. It is an optional operation and if not called, this lock will be released when the owning transaction finishes.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if this lock has already been released.