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package org.sonatype.aether;
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import java.util.Collection;
import org.sonatype.aether.artifact.Artifact;
import org.sonatype.aether.metadata.Metadata;
/**
* A synchronization context used to coordinate concurrent access to artifacts or metadatas. The typical usage of a
* synchronization context looks like this:
*
*
* SyncContext syncContext = repositorySystem.newSyncContext( ... );
* try {
* syncContext.acquire( artifacts, metadatas );
* // work with the artifacts and metadatas
* } finally {
* syncContext.release();
* }
*
*
* Within one thread, synchronization contexts may be nested which can naturally happen in a hierarchy of method calls.
* The nested synchronization contexts may also acquire overlapping sets of artifacts/metadatas as long as the following
* conditions are met. If the outer-most context holding a particular resource is exclusive, that resource can be
* reacquired in any nested context. If however the outer-most context is shared, the resource may only be reacquired by
* nested contexts if these are also shared.
*
* A synchronization context is meant to be utilized by only one thread and as such is not thread-safe.
*
* Note that the level of actual synchronization is subject to the implementation and might range from OS-wide to none.
*/
public interface SyncContext
{
/**
* Acquires synchronized access to the specified artifacts and metadatas. The invocation will potentially block
* until all requested resources can be acquired by the calling thread. Acquiring resources that are already
* acquired by this synchronization context has no effect. Please also see the class-level documentation for
* information regarding reentrancy.
*
* @param artifacts The artifacts to acquire, may be {@code null} or empty if none.
* @param metadatas The metadatas to acquire, may be {@code null} or empty if none.
*/
void acquire( Collection artifacts, Collection metadatas );
/**
* Releases all previously acquired artifacts/metadatas. If no resources have been acquired before, this method does
* nothing. This synchronization context may be reused to acquire other resources in the future.
*/
void release();
}