NAME

Genezzo::Contrib::Clustered::GLock::GLock - Generic locking for Genezzo

SYNOPSIS

my $gtxLock = GTXLock->new();
$gtxLock->lock(lock => $bnum, shared => 1);
$gtxLock->unlockAll();

DESCRIPTION

Retains hash of all locks held by transaction.

FUNCTIONS

new

Creates GTXLock

lock

lock (lock => NAME, shared => SHARED)

Locks lock with name NAME. Shared if SHARED=1, otherwise Exclusive (default). Uses a blocking lock call. If lock is currently held Shared promotes to Exclusive. Adds lock to hash of all locks held by object.

unlockall

Unlocks all locks held by object.

AUTHOR

Eric Rollins, rollins@acm.org

Copyright (c) 2005 Eric Rollins. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

Address bug reports and comments to rollins@acm.org

For more information, please visit the Genezzo homepage at http://www.genezzo.com