On 26 February 2014 20:54, Martin Buchholz <marti...@google.com> wrote: > It does seem that being able to tell whether a java object monitor is > currently locked is useful for debugging and monitoring - there should be a > way to do that.
Perhaps it would be useful to be able to expose a java object monitor
as an instance of Lock?
Lock lk = Lock.ofMonitor(object)
if (lk.tryLock()) {
...
}
Such a method feels like it would be a useful missing link between
synchronized and locks.
Stephen
