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package org.apache.samza.coordinator;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;


public interface DistributedLock {

  /**
   * Tries to acquire the lock
   * @param timeout Duration of lock acquiring timeout.
   * @param unit Time Unit of the timeout defined above.
   * @return true if lock is acquired successfully, false if it times out.
   */
  boolean lock(long timeout, TimeUnit unit);

  /**
   * Releases the lock
   */
  void unlock();
}