Package com.zfabrik.components.provider.util

Class LockingRevFile

java.lang.Object
com.zfabrik.components.provider.util.LockingRevFile
All Implemented Interfaces:
Lock
public class LockingRevFile extends Object implements Lock
A file system lock with properties. This is used by component repository implementations to manage concurrency in update decisions of locally managed resources. The typical usage of this class is 
 LockingRevFile lrf = new LockingRevFile(f);
 lrf.open();
 try {
    // do some checking based on lrf.properties()
    // do whatever updates needed
    // update lrf.properties() as required
    // persist updates
    lrf.update();
 } finally {
   lrf.close();
 }
Author:
hb