net.sf.sasl.distributed.lock
Interface ILockProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

HazelcastLockProvider

public interface ILockProvider

Interface defines methods that a lock provider must offer. The implementation of the interface must be thread safe.

Since:

0.0.1 (sasl-distributed-lock-library)

Author:

Philipp Förmer

Method Summary

IMutex

acquireMutex(Object lockKey) Acquires a mutex for the given lock key at the lock provider and returns it.

Method Detail

acquireMutex

IMutex acquireMutex(Object lockKey)

Acquires a mutex for the given lock key at the lock provider and returns it.

Parameters:

lockKey - null or non null

Returns:

non null

Since:

0.0.1 (sasl-distributed-lock-library)