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1 /*
2   File: ReaderPreferenceReadWriteLock.java
3
4   Originally written by Doug Lea and released into the public domain.
5   This may be used for any purposes whatsoever without acknowledgment.
6   Thanks for the assistance and support of Sun Microsystems Labs,
7   and everyone contributing, testing, and using this code.
8
9   History:
10   Date Who What
11   11Jun1998 dl Create public version
12 */
13
14 package EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent;
15
16 /**
17 * A ReadWriteLock that prefers waiting readers over
18 * waiting writers when there is contention. The range of applicability
19 * of this class is very limited. In the majority of situations,
20 * writer preference locks provide more reasonable semantics.
21 *
22 * <p>[<a HREF="http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/classes/EDU/oswego/cs/dl/util/concurrent/intro.html"> Introduction to this package. </a>]
23 **/
24
25 public class ReaderPreferenceReadWriteLock extends WriterPreferenceReadWriteLock {
26   protected boolean allowReader() {
27     return activeWriter_ == null;
28   }
29 }
30
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