org.jboss.cache.lock
Interface LockStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

LockStrategyNone, LockStrategyReadCommitted, LockStrategyReadUncommitted, LockStrategyRepeatableRead, LockStrategySerializable

public interface LockStrategy

Interface to specify lock strategy, e.g., for different isolation levels.

Author:

Ben Wang

Method Summary

Lock	readLock() Return a read lock object.
Lock	upgradeLockAttempt(long msecs) Attempt to upgrade the current read lock to write lock with msecs timeout.
Lock	writeLock() Return a write lock object.

Method Detail

readLock

Lock readLock()

Return a read lock object.

writeLock

Lock writeLock()

Return a write lock object.

upgradeLockAttempt

Lock upgradeLockAttempt(long msecs)
                        throws UpgradeException

Attempt to upgrade the current read lock to write lock with msecs timeout.

Parameters:

msecs - Timeout in milliseconds.

Returns:

Lock object. Will return null if timeout or failed.

Throws:

UpgradeException