Class ReentrantReadWriteLock.ReadLock

Method Details

• lock

  public void lock()

  Acquires the read lock.

  Acquires the read lock if the write lock is not held by another thread and returns immediately.

  If the write lock is held by another thread then the current thread becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until the read lock has been acquired.

  Specified by:

  lock in interface Lock

• lockInterruptibly

  public void lockInterruptibly() throws InterruptedException

  Acquires the read lock unless the current thread is interrupted.

  Acquires the read lock if the write lock is not held by another thread and returns immediately.

  If the write lock is held by another thread then the current thread becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until one of two things happens:

  • The read lock is acquired by the current thread; or
  • Some other thread interrupts the current thread.

  If the current thread:

  • has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
  • is interrupted while acquiring the read lock,

  then InterruptedException is thrown and the current thread's interrupted status is cleared.

  In this implementation, as this method is an explicit interruption point, preference is given to responding to the interrupt over normal or reentrant acquisition of the lock.

  Specified by:

  lockInterruptibly in interface Lock

  Throws:

  InterruptedException - if the current thread is interrupted

• tryLock

  public boolean tryLock()

  Acquires the read lock only if the write lock is not held by another thread at the time of invocation.

  Acquires the read lock if the write lock is not held by another thread and returns immediately with the value true. Even when this lock has been set to use a fair ordering policy, a call to tryLock() will immediately acquire the read lock if it is available, whether or not other threads are currently waiting for the read lock. This "barging" behavior can be useful in certain circumstances, even though it breaks fairness. If you want to honor the fairness setting for this lock, then use tryLock(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS) which is almost equivalent (it also detects interruption).

  If the write lock is held by another thread then this method will return immediately with the value false.

  Specified by:

  tryLock in interface Lock

  Returns:

  true if the read lock was acquired

• tryLock

  public boolean tryLock(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException

  Acquires the read lock if the write lock is not held by another thread within the given waiting time and the current thread has not been interrupted.

  Acquires the read lock if the write lock is not held by another thread and returns immediately with the value true. If this lock has been set to use a fair ordering policy then an available lock will not be acquired if any other threads are waiting for the lock. This is in contrast to the tryLock() method. If you want a timed tryLock that does permit barging on a fair lock then combine the timed and un-timed forms together:

   
   if (lock.tryLock() ||
       lock.tryLock(timeout, unit)) {
     ...
   }

  If the write lock is held by another thread then the current thread becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until one of three things happens:

  • The read lock is acquired by the current thread; or
  • Some other thread interrupts the current thread; or
  • The specified waiting time elapses.

  If the read lock is acquired then the value true is returned.

  If the current thread:

  • has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
  • is interrupted while acquiring the read lock,

  then InterruptedException is thrown and the current thread's interrupted status is cleared.

  If the specified waiting time elapses then the value false is returned. If the time is less than or equal to zero, the method will not wait at all.

  In this implementation, as this method is an explicit interruption point, preference is given to responding to the interrupt over normal or reentrant acquisition of the lock, and over reporting the elapse of the waiting time.

  Specified by:

  tryLock in interface Lock

  Parameters:

  timeout - the time to wait for the read lock

  unit - the time unit of the timeout argument

  Returns:

  true if the read lock was acquired

  Throws:

  InterruptedException - if the current thread is interrupted

  NullPointerException - if the time unit is null

• unlock

  public void unlock()

  Attempts to release this lock.

  If the number of readers is now zero then the lock is made available for write lock attempts. If the current thread does not hold this lock then IllegalMonitorStateException is thrown.

  Specified by:

  unlock in interface Lock

  Throws:

  IllegalMonitorStateException - if the current thread does not hold this lock

• newCondition

  public Condition newCondition()

  Throws UnsupportedOperationException because ReadLocks do not support conditions.

  Specified by:

  newCondition in interface Lock

  Returns:

  A new Condition instance for this Lock instance

  Throws:

  UnsupportedOperationException - always

• toString

  public String toString()

  Returns a string identifying this lock, as well as its lock state. The state, in brackets, includes the String "Read locks =" followed by the number of held read locks.

  Overrides:

  toString in class Object

  Returns:

  a string identifying this lock, as well as its lock state