com.oracle.common.base

Interface Lockable

public interface Lockable

The Lockable interface is used for managing exclusive access to thread-safe classes.

Author:

bbc 2021.12.06

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	Lockable.Unlockable The Unlockable interface is used for releasing the exclusive access to this Lockable.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default Lockable.Unlockable	exclusively() Suggest to this Lockable that the caller requires exclusive access until close is called on the returned AutoCloseable.

Method Detail

exclusively

default Lockable.Unlockable exclusively()

Suggest to this Lockable that the caller requires exclusive access until close is called on the returned AutoCloseable.

Note: the caller must call close on the returned object

Returns:

an AutoCloseable object that requires close to be called on it when exclusive access is no longer needed