org.metasyntactic.thread.concurrent
Class ReaderPreferenceReadWriteLock

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.metasyntactic.thread.concurrent.WriterPreferenceReadWriteLock
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        +--org.metasyntactic.thread.concurrent.ReaderPreferenceReadWriteLock

All Implemented Interfaces:

ReadWriteLock

public class ReaderPreferenceReadWriteLock

extends WriterPreferenceReadWriteLock

A ReadWriteLock that prefers waiting readers over waiting writers when there is contention. The range of applicability of this class is very limited. In the majority of situations, writer preference locks provide more reasonable semantics.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.metasyntactic.thread.concurrent.WriterPreferenceReadWriteLock

activeWriter

Constructor Summary

ReaderPreferenceReadWriteLock()

Method Summary

protected boolean

allowReader()

Methods inherited from class org.metasyntactic.thread.concurrent.WriterPreferenceReadWriteLock

readLock, writeLock

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReaderPreferenceReadWriteLock

public ReaderPreferenceReadWriteLock()

Method Detail

allowReader

protected boolean allowReader()