com.googlecode.fascinator.common
Class DummyFileLock

java.lang.Object
  com.googlecode.fascinator.common.DummyFileLock

public class DummyFileLock
extends Object

A basic file lock against a local file. For practical purposes it's often best to do logic checking against a seperate '.lock' file so that other code (such as a properties parser) doesn't get mixed up with a lock on your 'real' file.

Author:

Greg Pendlebury

Constructor Summary

DummyFileLock(String new_file)
Creates a new lock against the file provided.

Method Summary

void	getLock() Get Lock status of a file
void	release() Release lock of the file

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DummyFileLock

public DummyFileLock(String new_file)
              throws IOException

Creates a new lock against the file provided.

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

getLock

public void getLock()
             throws IOException

Get Lock status of a file

Throws:

IOException

release

public void release()
             throws IOException

Release lock of the file

Throws:

IOException - if File not found