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/*
* HA-JDBC: High-Availability JDBC
* Copyright (C) 2012 Paul Ferraro
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see .
*/
package net.sf.hajdbc.lock;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
import net.sf.hajdbc.Lifecycle;
/**
* Manages a set of named read/write locks. A global lock is represented by a null object.
* Obtaining a named read or write lock should implicitly obtain a global read lock.
* Consequently, all named locks are blocked if a global write lock is obtained.
* @author Paul Ferraro
*/
public interface LockManager extends Lifecycle
{
/**
* Obtains a named read lock.
* @param id an object to lock
* @return a read lock
*/
Lock readLock(String id);
/**
* Obtains a named write lock.
* @param id an object to lock
* @return a write lock
*/
Lock writeLock(String id);
/**
* Obtains a named only lock.
* @param id an object to lock
* @return a only lock
*/
Lock onlyLock(String id);
}