ca.odell.glazedlists.util.concurrent
Interface ReadWriteLock

All Known Implementing Classes:

J2SE14ReadWriteLock

public interface ReadWriteLock

A ReadWriteLock maintains a pair of associated locks, one for read-only operations and one for writing. The read lock may be held simultaneously by multiple reader threads, so long as there are no writers. The write lock is exclusive.

This interface is a back-port of the ReadWriteLock class that first appeared in J2SE 1.5. Due to a requirement for sophisticated concurrency, this interface has been back-ported for use in J2SE 1.4 (and greater). It shares similar method signatures to be consistent with the J2SE 1.5 API.

Author:

Jesse Wilson

See Also:

ReadWriteLock, ReadWriteLock

Method Summary

Lock	readLock() Return the lock used for reading.
Lock	writeLock() Return the lock used for writing.

Method Detail

readLock

Lock readLock()

Return the lock used for reading.

writeLock

Lock writeLock()

Return the lock used for writing.