//: concurrency/AttemptLocking.java // Locks in the concurrent library allow you // to give up on trying to acquire a lock. import java.util.concurrent.*; import java.util.concurrent.locks.*; public class AttemptLocking { private ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock(); public void untimed() { boolean captured = lock.tryLock(); try { System.out.println("tryLock(): " + captured); } finally { if(captured) lock.unlock(); } } public void timed() { boolean captured = false; try { captured = lock.tryLock(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS); } catch(InterruptedException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } try { System.out.println("tryLock(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS): " + captured); } finally { if(captured) lock.unlock(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { final AttemptLocking al = new AttemptLocking(); al.untimed(); // True -- lock is available al.timed(); // True -- lock is available // Now create a separate task to grab the lock: new Thread() { { setDaemon(true); } @Override public void run() { al.lock.lock(); System.out.println("acquired"); } }.start(); Thread.yield(); // Give the 2nd task a chance al.untimed(); // False -- lock grabbed by task al.timed(); // False -- lock grabbed by task } } /* Output: tryLock(): true tryLock(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS): true acquired tryLock(): false tryLock(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS): false *///:~