org.neo4j.graphdb
Interface Lock

All Known Implementing Classes:

LockImpl

public interface Lock

An acquired lock on an entity for a transaction, acquired from Transaction.acquireWriteLock(PropertyContainer) or Transaction.acquireReadLock(PropertyContainer) this lock can be released manually using release(). If not released manually it will be automatically released when the transaction owning it finishes.

Author:

Mattias Persson

Method Summary

void	release() Releases this lock before the transaction finishes.

Method Detail

release

void release()

Releases this lock before the transaction finishes. It is an optional operation and if not called, this lock will be released when the owning transaction finishes.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if this lock has already been released.