Awesome, thanks!
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Jordan Zimmerman < [email protected]> wrote: > > what happens if I attempt to acquire a write lock while there are read > lock's in position? > The writer waits until all readers release. > > > If the former, will it still block for the reader who's attempting to > claim the writer? > Just like JDK locks, upgrading from a read lock to the write lock is not > possible. That would be a deadlock as the writer will wait indefinitely for > the read to release. > > -JZ > > On Sep 10, 2013, at 5:10 PM, John Vines <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Quick question about the behavior of the InterProcessReadWriteLock's > locking behavior- what happens if I attempt to acquire a write lock while > there are read lock's in position? Will it block until the reader's are > released or will it attempt to revoke the reader's locks? If the former, > will it still block for the reader who's attempting to claim the writer? > > > > Thanks > > John > >
