Tomcat example source code file (Lock.java)

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The Tomcat Lock.java source code

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package org.apache.tomcat.jni;

/** Lock
 *
 * @author Mladen Turk
 * @version $Revision: 467222 $, $Date: 2006-10-24 05:17:11 +0200 (mar., 24 oct. 2006) $
 */

public class Lock {

    /**
     * Enumerated potential types for APR process locking methods
     * <br />Warning : Check APR_HAS_foo_SERIALIZE defines to see if the platform supports
     *          APR_LOCK_foo.  Only APR_LOCK_DEFAULT is portable.
     */

    public static final int APR_LOCK_FCNTL        = 0; /** fcntl() */
    public static final int APR_LOCK_FLOCK        = 1; /** flock() */
    public static final int APR_LOCK_SYSVSEM      = 2; /** System V Semaphores */
    public static final int APR_LOCK_PROC_PTHREAD = 3; /** POSIX pthread process-based locking */
    public static final int APR_LOCK_POSIXSEM     = 4; /** POSIX semaphore process-based locking */
    public static final int APR_LOCK_DEFAULT      = 5; /** Use the default process lock */

    /**
     * Create and initialize a mutex that can be used to synchronize processes.
     * <br />Warning : Check APR_HAS_foo_SERIALIZE defines to see if the platform supports
     *          APR_LOCK_foo.  Only APR_LOCK_DEFAULT is portable.
     * @param fname A file name to use if the lock mechanism requires one.  This
     *        argument should always be provided.  The lock code itself will
     *        determine if it should be used.
     * @param mech The mechanism to use for the interprocess lock, if any; one of
     * <PRE>
     *            APR_LOCK_FCNTL
     *            APR_LOCK_FLOCK
     *            APR_LOCK_SYSVSEM
     *            APR_LOCK_POSIXSEM
     *            APR_LOCK_PROC_PTHREAD
     *            APR_LOCK_DEFAULT     pick the default mechanism for the platform
     * </PRE>
     * @param pool the pool from which to allocate the mutex.
     * @return Newly created mutex.
     */
    public static native long create(String fname, int mech, long pool)
        throws Error;

    /**
     * Re-open a mutex in a child process.
     * This function must be called to maintain portability, even
     * if the underlying lock mechanism does not require it.
     * @param fname A file name to use if the mutex mechanism requires one.  This
     *              argument should always be provided.  The mutex code itself will
     *              determine if it should be used.  This filename should be the
     *              same one that was passed to apr_proc_mutex_create().
     * @param pool The pool to operate on.
     * @return Newly opened mutex.
     */
    public static native long childInit(String fname, long pool)
        throws Error;

    /**
     * Acquire the lock for the given mutex. If the mutex is already locked,
     * the current thread will be put to sleep until the lock becomes available.
     * @param mutex the mutex on which to acquire the lock.
     */
    public static native int lock(long mutex);

    /**
     * Attempt to acquire the lock for the given mutex. If the mutex has already
     * been acquired, the call returns immediately with APR_EBUSY. Note: it
     * is important that the APR_STATUS_IS_EBUSY(s) macro be used to determine
     * if the return value was APR_EBUSY, for portability reasons.
     * @param mutex the mutex on which to attempt the lock acquiring.
     */
    public static native int trylock(long mutex);

    /**
     * Release the lock for the given mutex.
     * @param mutex the mutex from which to release the lock.
     */
    public static native int unlock(long mutex);

    /**
     * Destroy the mutex and free the memory associated with the lock.
     * @param mutex the mutex to destroy.
     */
    public static native int destroy(long mutex);

    /**
     * Return the name of the lockfile for the mutex, or NULL
     * if the mutex doesn't use a lock file
     */
    public static native String lockfile(long mutex);

    /**
     * Display the name of the mutex, as it relates to the actual method used.
     * This matches the valid options for Apache's AcceptMutex directive
     * @param mutex the name of the mutex
     */
    public static native String name(long mutex);

    /**
     * Display the name of the default mutex: APR_LOCK_DEFAULT
     */
    public static native String defname();

}