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 * Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Schlichtherle IT Services
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package de.schlichtherle.io;

/**
 * Similar to {@code java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock},
 * but uses the simplified {@link ReentrantLock} interface.
 * 
 * 
 * @author Christian Schlichtherle
 * @version $Id: ReadWriteLock.java,v 1.4 2010/08/20 13:09:41 christian_schlichtherle Exp $
 * @since TrueZIP 6.2
 */
interface ReadWriteLock {
    
    /**
     * Returns the lock for reading.
     */
    ReentrantLock readLock();
    
    /**
     * Returns the lock for writing.
     */
    ReentrantLock writeLock();
}