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package org.wamblee.concurrency;
/**
* Represents a re-entrant lock. Implementations can provide inmemory JVM
* locking or full cluster safe locking mechanisms.
*
* @author Erik Brakkee
*/
public interface Lock {
/**
* Acquires the lock.
*/
void acquire();
/**
* Releases the lock.
*/
void release();
}