de.grogra.util

Interface LockProtectedRunnable

public interface LockProtectedRunnable

A LockProtectedRunnable represents a task which is to be executed within the context of a Lock on a [@link de.grogra.util.Lockable} resource. The execution of the task is induced by one of the execute methods in Lockable.

Author:

Ole Kniemeyer

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	run(boolean sync, Lock lock) The invocation of this method is induced by one of the execute methods in Lockable.

Method Detail

run

void run(boolean sync,
       Lock lock)

The invocation of this method is induced by one of the execute methods in Lockable. The thread which invokes this method possesses a lock as requested by the invocation of execute. If sync is true, the invocation is synchronous, meaning that it happens directly within the invocation of the execute method. Otherwise, the invocation is asynchronous, meaning that it happens later in a thread which may differ from the original thread.

Normally, the lock is released after execution of run has finished. However, when the method Lock.retain() has been invoked within run, the lock is retained and remains active in order to be passed to one of the execute methods of Lockable.

Parameters:

sync - synchronous invocation?

lock - the lock which is currently acquired