Added in API level 1

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ReentrantLock

public class ReentrantLock
extends Object implements Lock, Serializable

java.lang.Object
↳	java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock

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A reentrant mutual exclusion Lock with the same basic behavior and semantics as the implicit monitor lock accessed using synchronized methods and statements, but with extended capabilities.

A ReentrantLock is owned by the thread last successfully locking, but not yet unlocking it. A thread invoking lock will return, successfully acquiring the lock, when the lock is not owned by another thread. The method will return immediately if the current thread already owns the lock. This can be checked using methods isHeldByCurrentThread(), and getHoldCount().

The constructor for this class accepts an optional fairness parameter. When set true, under contention, locks favor granting access to the longest-waiting thread. Otherwise this lock does not guarantee any particular access order. Programs using fair locks accessed by many threads may display lower overall throughput (i.e., are slower; often much slower) than those using the default setting, but have smaller variances in times to obtain locks and guarantee lack of starvation. Note however, that fairness of locks does not guarantee fairness of thread scheduling. Thus, one of many threads using a fair lock may obtain it multiple times in succession while other active threads are not progressing and not currently holding the lock. Also note that the untimed tryLock() method does not honor the fairness setting. It will succeed if the lock is available even if other threads are waiting.

It is recommended practice to always immediately follow a call to lock with a try block, most typically in a before/after construction such as:

 class X {
   private final ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
   // ...

   public void m() {
     lock.lock();  // block until condition holds
     try {
       // ... method body
     } finally {
       lock.unlock();
     }
   }
 }

In addition to implementing the Lock interface, this class defines a number of public and protected methods for inspecting the state of the lock. Some of these methods are only useful for instrumentation and monitoring.

Serialization of this class behaves in the same way as built-in locks: a deserialized lock is in the unlocked state, regardless of its state when serialized.

This lock supports a maximum of 2147483647 recursive locks by the same thread. Attempts to exceed this limit result in Error throws from locking methods.

Summary

Public constructors
ReentrantLock() Creates an instance of ReentrantLock.
ReentrantLock(boolean fair) Creates an instance of ReentrantLock with the given fairness policy.

Public methods
int	getHoldCount() Queries the number of holds on this lock by the current thread.
final int	getQueueLength() Returns an estimate of the number of threads waiting to acquire this lock.
int	getWaitQueueLength(Condition condition) Returns an estimate of the number of threads waiting on the given condition associated with this lock.
final boolean	hasQueuedThread(Thread thread) Queries whether the given thread is waiting to acquire this lock.
final boolean	hasQueuedThreads() Queries whether any threads are waiting to acquire this lock.
boolean	hasWaiters(Condition condition) Queries whether any threads are waiting on the given condition associated with this lock.
final boolean	isFair() Returns true if this lock has fairness set true.
boolean	isHeldByCurrentThread() Queries if this lock is held by the current thread.
boolean	isLocked() Queries if this lock is held by any thread.
void	lock() Acquires the lock.
void	lockInterruptibly() Acquires the lock unless the current thread is interrupted.
Condition	newCondition() Returns a Condition instance for use with this Lock instance.
String	toString() Returns a string identifying this lock, as well as its lock state.
boolean	tryLock() Acquires the lock only if it is not held by another thread at the time of invocation.
boolean	tryLock(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) Acquires the lock if it is not held by another thread within the given waiting time and the current thread has not been interrupted.
void	unlock() Attempts to release this lock.

Protected methods
Thread	getOwner() Returns the thread that currently owns this lock, or null if not owned.
Collection<Thread>	getQueuedThreads() Returns a collection containing threads that may be waiting to acquire this lock.
Collection<Thread>	getWaitingThreads(Condition condition) Returns a collection containing those threads that may be waiting on the given condition associated with this lock.

Inherited methods
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long timeoutMillis) Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
From interface java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock abstract void lock() Acquires the lock. abstract void lockInterruptibly() Acquires the lock unless the current thread is interrupted. abstract Condition newCondition() Returns a new Condition instance that is bound to this Lock instance. abstract boolean tryLock() Acquires the lock only if it is free at the time of invocation. abstract boolean tryLock(long time, TimeUnit unit) Acquires the lock if it is free within the given waiting time and the current thread has not been interrupted. abstract void unlock() Releases the lock.

Public constructors

ReentrantLock

Added in API level 1

public ReentrantLock ()

Creates an instance of ReentrantLock. This is equivalent to using ReentrantLock(false).

ReentrantLock

Added in API level 1

public ReentrantLock (boolean fair)

Creates an instance of ReentrantLock with the given fairness policy.

Parameters
fair	boolean: true if this lock should use a fair ordering policy

Public methods

getHoldCount

Added in API level 1

public int getHoldCount ()

Queries the number of holds on this lock by the current thread.

A thread has a hold on a lock for each lock action that is not matched by an unlock action.

The hold count information is typically only used for testing and debugging purposes. For example, if a certain section of code should not be entered with the lock already held then we can assert that fact:

 class X {
   final ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
   // ...
   public void m() {
     assert lock.getHoldCount() == 0;
     lock.lock();
     try {
       // ... method body
     } finally {
       lock.unlock();
     }
   }
 }

Returns
int	the number of holds on this lock by the current thread, or zero if this lock is not held by the current thread

getQueueLength

Added in API level 1

public final int getQueueLength ()

Returns an estimate of the number of threads waiting to acquire this lock. The value is only an estimate because the number of threads may change dynamically while this method traverses internal data structures. This method is designed for use in monitoring system state, not for synchronization control.

Returns
int	the estimated number of threads waiting for this lock

getWaitQueueLength

Added in API level 1

public int getWaitQueueLength (Condition condition)

Returns an estimate of the number of threads waiting on the given condition associated with this lock. Note that because timeouts and interrupts may occur at any time, the estimate serves only as an upper bound on the actual number of waiters. This method is designed for use in monitoring of the system state, not for synchronization control.

Parameters
condition	Condition: the condition

Returns
int	the estimated number of waiting threads

Throws
IllegalMonitorStateException	if this lock is not held
IllegalArgumentException	if the given condition is not associated with this lock
NullPointerException	if the condition is null

hasQueuedThread

Added in API level 1

public final boolean hasQueuedThread (Thread thread)

Queries whether the given thread is waiting to acquire this lock. Note that because cancellations may occur at any time, a true return does not guarantee that this thread will ever acquire this lock. This method is designed primarily for use in monitoring of the system state.

Parameters
thread	Thread: the thread

Returns
boolean	true if the given thread is queued waiting for this lock

Throws
NullPointerException	if the thread is null

hasQueuedThreads

Added in API level 1

public final boolean hasQueuedThreads ()

Queries whether any threads are waiting to acquire this lock. Note that because cancellations may occur at any time, a true return does not guarantee that any other thread will ever acquire this lock. This method is designed primarily for use in monitoring of the system state.

Returns
boolean	true if there may be other threads waiting to acquire the lock

hasWaiters

Added in API level 1

public boolean hasWaiters (Condition condition)

Queries whether any threads are waiting on the given condition associated with this lock. Note that because timeouts and interrupts may occur at any time, a true return does not guarantee that a future signal will awaken any threads. This method is designed primarily for use in monitoring of the system state.

Parameters
condition	Condition: the condition

Returns
boolean	true if there are any waiting threads

Throws
IllegalMonitorStateException	if this lock is not held
IllegalArgumentException	if the given condition is not associated with this lock
NullPointerException	if the condition is null

isFair

Added in API level 1

public final boolean isFair ()

Returns true if this lock has fairness set true.

Returns
boolean	true if this lock has fairness set true

isHeldByCurrentThread

Added in API level 1

public boolean isHeldByCurrentThread ()

Queries if this lock is held by the current thread.

Analogous to the Thread.holdsLock(Object) method for built-in monitor locks, this method is typically used for debugging and testing. For example, a method that should only be called while a lock is held can assert that this is the case:

 class X {
   final ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
   // ...

   public void m() {
       assert lock.isHeldByCurrentThread();
       // ... method body
   }
 }

It can also be used to ensure that a reentrant lock is used in a non-reentrant manner, for example:

 class X {
   final ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
   // ...

   public void m() {
       assert !lock.isHeldByCurrentThread();
       lock.lock();
       try {
           // ... method body
       } finally {
           lock.unlock();
       }
   }
 }

Returns
boolean	true if current thread holds this lock and false otherwise

isLocked

Added in API level 1

public boolean isLocked ()

Queries if this lock is held by any thread. This method is designed for use in monitoring of the system state, not for synchronization control.

Returns
boolean	true if any thread holds this lock and false otherwise

lock

Added in API level 1

public void lock ()

Acquires the lock.

Acquires the lock if it is not held by another thread and returns immediately, setting the lock hold count to one.

If the current thread already holds the lock then the hold count is incremented by one and the method returns immediately.

If the lock is held by another thread then the current thread becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until the lock has been acquired, at which time the lock hold count is set to one.

lockInterruptibly

Added in API level 1

public void lockInterruptibly ()

Acquires the lock unless the current thread is interrupted.

Acquires the lock if it is not held by another thread and returns immediately, setting the lock hold count to one.

If the current thread already holds this lock then the hold count is incremented by one and the method returns immediately.

If the lock is held by another thread then the current thread becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until one of two things happens:

• The lock is acquired by the current thread; or
• Some other thread interrupts the current thread.

If the lock is acquired by the current thread then the lock hold count is set to one.

If the current thread:

• has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
• is interrupted while acquiring the lock,

then InterruptedException is thrown and the current thread's interrupted status is cleared.

In this implementation, as this method is an explicit interruption point, preference is given to responding to the interrupt over normal or reentrant acquisition of the lock.

Throws
InterruptedException	if the current thread is interrupted

newCondition

Added in API level 1

public Condition newCondition ()

Returns a Condition instance for use with this Lock instance.

The returned Condition instance supports the same usages as do the Object monitor methods (wait, notify, and notifyAll) when used with the built-in monitor lock.

• If this lock is not held when any of the Condition waiting or signalling methods are called, then an IllegalMonitorStateException is thrown.
• When the condition waiting methods are called the lock is released and, before they return, the lock is reacquired and the lock hold count restored to what it was when the method was called.
• If a thread is interrupted while waiting then the wait will terminate, an InterruptedException will be thrown, and the thread's interrupted status will be cleared.
• Waiting threads are signalled in FIFO order.
• The ordering of lock reacquisition for threads returning from waiting methods is the same as for threads initially acquiring the lock, which is in the default case not specified, but for fair locks favors those threads that have been waiting the longest.

Returns
Condition	the Condition object

toString

Added in API level 1

public String toString ()

Returns a string identifying this lock, as well as its lock state. The state, in brackets, includes either the String "Unlocked" or the String "Locked by" followed by the name of the owning thread.

Returns
String	a string identifying this lock, as well as its lock state

tryLock

Added in API level 1

public boolean tryLock ()

Acquires the lock only if it is not held by another thread at the time of invocation.

Acquires the lock if it is not held by another thread and returns immediately with the value true, setting the lock hold count to one. Even when this lock has been set to use a fair ordering policy, a call to tryLock() will immediately acquire the lock if it is available, whether or not other threads are currently waiting for the lock. This "barging" behavior can be useful in certain circumstances, even though it breaks fairness. If you want to honor the fairness setting for this lock, then use tryLock(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS) which is almost equivalent (it also detects interruption).

If the current thread already holds this lock then the hold count is incremented by one and the method returns true.

If the lock is held by another thread then this method will return immediately with the value false.

Returns
boolean	true if the lock was free and was acquired by the current thread, or the lock was already held by the current thread; and false otherwise

tryLock

Added in API level 1

public boolean tryLock (long timeout, 
                TimeUnit unit)

Acquires the lock if it is not held by another thread within the given waiting time and the current thread has not been interrupted.

Acquires the lock if it is not held by another thread and returns immediately with the value true, setting the lock hold count to one. If this lock has been set to use a fair ordering policy then an available lock will not be acquired if any other threads are waiting for the lock. This is in contrast to the tryLock() method. If you want a timed tryLock that does permit barging on a fair lock then combine the timed and un-timed forms together:

 if (lock.tryLock() ||
     lock.tryLock(timeout, unit)) {
   ...
 }

If the current thread already holds this lock then the hold count is incremented by one and the method returns true.

If the lock is held by another thread then the current thread becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until one of three things happens:

• The lock is acquired by the current thread; or
• Some other thread interrupts the current thread; or
• The specified waiting time elapses

If the lock is acquired then the value true is returned and the lock hold count is set to one.

If the current thread:

• has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
• is interrupted while acquiring the lock,

then InterruptedException is thrown and the current thread's interrupted status is cleared.

If the specified waiting time elapses then the value false is returned. If the time is less than or equal to zero, the method will not wait at all.

In this implementation, as this method is an explicit interruption point, preference is given to responding to the interrupt over normal or reentrant acquisition of the lock, and over reporting the elapse of the waiting time.

Parameters
timeout	long: the time to wait for the lock
unit	TimeUnit: the time unit of the timeout argument

Returns
boolean	true if the lock was free and was acquired by the current thread, or the lock was already held by the current thread; and false if the waiting time elapsed before the lock could be acquired

Throws
InterruptedException	if the current thread is interrupted
NullPointerException	if the time unit is null

unlock

Added in API level 1

public void unlock ()

Attempts to release this lock.

If the current thread is the holder of this lock then the hold count is decremented. If the hold count is now zero then the lock is released. If the current thread is not the holder of this lock then IllegalMonitorStateException is thrown.

Throws
IllegalMonitorStateException	if the current thread does not hold this lock

Protected methods

getOwner

Added in API level 1

protected Thread getOwner ()

Returns the thread that currently owns this lock, or null if not owned. When this method is called by a thread that is not the owner, the return value reflects a best-effort approximation of current lock status. For example, the owner may be momentarily null even if there are threads trying to acquire the lock but have not yet done so. This method is designed to facilitate construction of subclasses that provide more extensive lock monitoring facilities.

Returns
Thread	the owner, or null if not owned

getQueuedThreads

Added in API level 1

protected Collection<Thread> getQueuedThreads ()

Returns a collection containing threads that may be waiting to acquire this lock. Because the actual set of threads may change dynamically while constructing this result, the returned collection is only a best-effort estimate. The elements of the returned collection are in no particular order. This method is designed to facilitate construction of subclasses that provide more extensive monitoring facilities.

Returns
Collection<Thread>	the collection of threads

getWaitingThreads

Added in API level 1

protected Collection<Thread> getWaitingThreads (Condition condition)

Returns a collection containing those threads that may be waiting on the given condition associated with this lock. Because the actual set of threads may change dynamically while constructing this result, the returned collection is only a best-effort estimate. The elements of the returned collection are in no particular order. This method is designed to facilitate construction of subclasses that provide more extensive condition monitoring facilities.

Parameters
condition	Condition: the condition

Returns
Collection<Thread>	the collection of threads

Throws
IllegalMonitorStateException	if this lock is not held
IllegalArgumentException	if the given condition is not associated with this lock
NullPointerException	if the condition is null