com.github.dm.jrt.util

Interface Mutex

public interface Mutex

Interface defining a reentrant mutex.

Created by davide-maestroni on 10/01/2015.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Mutex	NO_MUTEX Empty mutex implementation. This mutex does not implement any kind of synchronization.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	acquire() Acquires this mutex. The calling thread will block until the resource becomes available.
void	release() Releases this mutex. If the calling thread is not the holder of the mutex, an exception will be thrown.

Field Detail

NO_MUTEX

static final Mutex NO_MUTEX

Empty mutex implementation.
This mutex does not implement any kind of synchronization.

Method Detail

acquire

void acquire()

Acquires this mutex.
The calling thread will block until the resource becomes available.

release

void release()

Releases this mutex.
If the calling thread is not the holder of the mutex, an exception will be thrown.