1 // The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 2 // 1.1 3 //(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the 4 //License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ 5 // 6 //Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, 7 //WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License 8 //for the specific language governing rights and 9 //limitations under the License. 10 // 11 //The Original Code is "The Columba Project" 12 // 13 //The Initial Developers of the Original Code are Frederik Dietz and Timo 14 // Stich. 15 //Portions created by Frederik Dietz and Timo Stich are Copyright (C) 2003. 16 // 17 //All Rights Reserved. 18 package org.columba.api.command; 19 20 /** 21 * @author fdietz 22 * 23 */ 24 public interface ICommandReference { 25 /** 26 * Try to get lock. 27 * 28 * @param locker 29 * the instance who wants to have the lock 30 * 31 * @return true, if locker has got the lock, false otherwise 32 */ 33 boolean tryToGetLock(Object locker); 34 35 /** 36 * Release lock. 37 */ 38 void releaseLock(Object locker); 39 }