Package com.alachisoft.ncache.client.datastructures

Interface Lockable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Counter, DistributedDataStructure, DistributedHashSet<T>, DistributedList<T>, DistributedMap<K,V>, DistributedQueue<T>

public interface Lockable

This interface contains methods and parameters required for locking data structures.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	lock(TimeSpan timeout)	Acquire a lock on an collection in cache.
void	unlock()	Unlock a locked collection

Method Detail

lock

boolean lock(TimeSpan timeout)

Acquire a lock on an collection in cache.

Parameters:

timeout - The timeout after which lock will be automatically released.

Returns:

True if lock was acquired successfully;otherwise false.

unlock

void unlock()

Unlock a locked collection