com.j_spaces.kernel.locks

Interface ILockedSubject

All Known Subinterfaces:

IEntryHolder, ISelfLockingSubject, ISpaceItem, ITemplateHolder

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSpaceItem, BlobStoreEntryHolder, EntryHolder, NotifyTemplateHolder, ReplicationEntryHolder, ShadowEntryHolder, TemplateHolder

public interface ILockedSubject

TODO add Javadoc

Since:

6.5 the basic interface for a subject to be locked.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Yechiel Fefer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ILockObject	getExternalLockObject() in case the locking object can be derived from the subject WHEN its not the subject itself
default LockSubjectType	getLockSubjectType()
String	getUID() get the uid for the subject

Method Detail

getUID

String getUID()

get the uid for the subject

Returns:

the uid

getExternalLockObject

ILockObject getExternalLockObject()

in case the locking object can be derived from the subject WHEN its not the subject itself

Returns:

the lock object

getLockSubjectType

default LockSubjectType getLockSubjectType()

Returns:

if this subject need to be locked by its uid or by itself.