net.sf.ehcache.concurrent
Interface CacheLockProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

StripedReadWriteLockSync

public interface CacheLockProvider

Author:

Alex Snaps

Method Summary

Sync	getSyncForKey(java.lang.Object key) Gets the Sync Stripe to use for a given key.

Method Detail

getSyncForKey

Sync getSyncForKey(java.lang.Object key)

Gets the Sync Stripe to use for a given key.

This lookup must always return the same Mutex for a given key.

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

one of a limited number of Mutexes.