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package com.darwinsys.locks;
/** The representation of one lock in the
* PessimisticLockManager.
*/
public interface Lock {
/** Release this lock
* @return true if we released it, false if it was already released.
*/
public boolean release();
/** Find out if this lock got released
* (typically due to being timed out)
* before we commit the action based on it.
* @return True if the lock has been released
*/
public boolean isReleased();
}