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017package org.apache.commons.configuration2.sync;
018
019import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
020import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
021
022/**
023 * <p>
024 * A special implementation of {@code Synchronizer} based on the JDK's {@code ReentrantReadWriteLock} class.
025 * </p>
026 * <p>
027 * This class manages a {@code ReadWriteLock} object internally. The methods of the {@code Synchronizer} interface are
028 * delegated to this lock. So this class behaves in the same way as documented for {@code ReentrantReadWriteLock}.
029 * </p>
030 * <p>
031 * Using this {@code Synchronizer} implementation is appropriate to make configuration objects thread-safe. This means
032 * that multiple threads can read configuration data in parallel; if one thread wants to update the configuration, this
033 * happens with an exclusive lock.
034 * </p>
035 *
036 * @since 2.0
037 */
038public class ReadWriteSynchronizer implements Synchronizer {
039    /**
040     * Returns a new default lock object which is used if no lock is passed to the constructor.
041     *
042     * @return the new default lock object
043     */
044    private static ReadWriteLock createDefaultLock() {
045        return new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
046    }
047
048    /** The lock object used by this Synchronizer. */
049    private final ReadWriteLock lock;
050
051    /**
052     * Creates a new instance of {@code ReadWriteSynchronizer} and initializes it with a lock object of type
053     * {@code ReentrantReadWriteLock}.
054     */
055    public ReadWriteSynchronizer() {
056        this(null);
057    }
058
059    /**
060     * Creates a new instance of {@code ReadWriteSynchronizer} and initializes it with the given lock object. This
061     * constructor can be used to pass a lock object which has been configured externally. If the lock object is
062     * <b>null</b>, a default lock object is created.
063     *
064     * @param l the lock object to be used (can be <b>null</b>)
065     */
066    public ReadWriteSynchronizer(final ReadWriteLock l) {
067        lock = l != null ? l : createDefaultLock();
068    }
069
070    @Override
071    public void beginRead() {
072        lock.readLock().lock();
073    }
074
075    @Override
076    public void beginWrite() {
077        lock.writeLock().lock();
078    }
079
080    @Override
081    public void endRead() {
082        lock.readLock().unlock();
083    }
084
085    @Override
086    public void endWrite() {
087        lock.writeLock().unlock();
088    }
089}