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1. Re: return value from AdvancedCache.lock
galder.zamarreno Dec 13, 2011 4:03 AM (in response to millerm120)Hmm, is this a question for JBoss Cache or Infinispan?
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2. Re: return value from AdvancedCache.lock
millerm120 Dec 13, 2011 3:38 PM (in response to galder.zamarreno)You are right, I moved it to the Infinispan discussion.
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3. Re: return value from AdvancedCache.lock
galder.zamarreno Dec 14, 2011 6:15 AM (in response to millerm120)This is something we need to sort out, or document better. As shown in https://github.com/infinispan/infinispan/blob/master/core/src/test/java/org/infinispan/lock/APITest.java#L72, an unchecked org.infinispan.util.concurrent.TimeoutException can be thrown by lock() method.
It could happen though that it returns false too as shown in https://github.com/infinispan/infinispan/blob/master/core/src/test/java/org/infinispan/lock/APITest.java#L95, but it looks to me that this is limited to when FAIL_SILENT flag is used.
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4. Re: return value from AdvancedCache.lock
millerm120 Dec 14, 2011 8:54 AM (in response to galder.zamarreno)Thanks, that makes sense. You are right that it should be documented better. At a minimum the JavaDoc for the lock methods should mention that they block waiting for the lock. Ideally the @return should discuss that the false return is only possible if the FAIL_SILENTLY flag is used.
Thanks for the quick reply.