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1 /*
2   File: LockedExecutor.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   21Jun1998 dl Create public version
12 */
13
14 package EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent;
15
16 /**
17  * An implementation of Executor that
18  * invokes the run method of the supplied command within
19  * a synchronization lock and then returns.
20  *
21  * <p>[<a HREF="http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/classes/EDU/oswego/cs/dl/util/concurrent/intro.html"> Introduction to this package. </a>]
22  **/
23 public class LockedExecutor implements Executor {
24   
25   /** The mutex **/
26   protected final Sync mutex_;
27
28   /**
29    * Create a new LockedExecutor that relies on the given mutual
30    * exclusion lock.
31    * @param mutex Any mutual exclusion lock.
32    * Standard usage is to supply an instance of <code>Mutex</code>,
33    * but, for example, a Semaphore initialized to 1 also works.
34    * On the other hand, many other Sync implementations would not
35    * work here, so some care is required to supply a sensible
36    * synchronization object.
37    **/
38  
39   public LockedExecutor(Sync mutex) {
40     mutex_ = mutex;
41   }
42
43   /**
44    * Execute the given command directly in the current thread,
45    * within the supplied lock.
46    **/
47   public void execute(Runnable JavaDoc command) throws InterruptedException JavaDoc {
48     mutex_.acquire();
49     try {
50       command.run();
51     }
52     finally {
53       mutex_.release();
54     }
55   }
56
57 }
58
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