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package com.hazelcast.util;


import java.io.Closeable;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Utility class that provides reference-counted mutexes suitable for synchronization in the context of a supplied object.
 * Context objects and their associated mutexes are stored in a {@code Map}. Client code is responsible to invoke
 * {@link Mutex#close()} on the obtained {@code Mutex} after having synchronized on the mutex; failure to do so, will leave an
 * entry residing in the internal {@code Map} which may have adverse effects on the ability to garbage collect the context object
 * and the mutex. The returned {@link Mutex}es implement Closeable, so can be conveniently used in a try-with-resources statement.
 * Typical usage would allow, for example, synchronizing access to a non-thread-safe {@code Map} on a per-key basis,
 * to avoid blocking other threads who would perform updates on other entries of the {@code Map}.
 *  *     class Test {
 *
 *         private static final ContextMutexFactory mutexFactory = new ContextMutexFactory();
 *         private Map<String, String> mapToSync = new HashMap<String, String>();
 *
 *         public void test(String key, String value) {
 *             // critical section
 *             ContextMutexFactory.Mutex mutex = mutexFactory.mutexFor(key);
 *             try {
 *                 synchronized (mutex) {
 *                      if (mapToSync.get(key) == null) {
 *                          mapToSync.put(key, value);
 *                      }
 *                 }
 *             }
 *             finally {
 *                 mutex.close();
 *             }
 *         }
 *     }
 * 
 *
 */
public final class ContextMutexFactory {
    Map mutexMap = new HashMap();
    // synchronizes access to mutexMap and Mutex.referenceCount
    private Object mainMutex = new Object();

    public Mutex mutexFor(Object mutexKey) {
        Mutex mutex;
        synchronized (mainMutex) {
            mutex = mutexMap.get(mutexKey);
            if (mutex == null) {
                mutex = new Mutex(mutexKey);
                mutexMap.put(mutexKey, mutex);
            }
            mutex.referenceCount++;
        }
        return mutex;
    }

    /**
     * Reference counted mutex, which will remove itself from the mutexMap when it is no longer referenced.
     */
    public final class Mutex implements Closeable {
        private final Object key;
        private int referenceCount;

        private Mutex(Object key) {
            this.key = key;
        }

        @Override
        public void close() {
            synchronized (mainMutex) {
                referenceCount--;
                if (referenceCount == 0) {
                    mutexMap.remove(key);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}