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22 package org.jboss.ejb;
23
24 /** An extension of the BeanLock interface that adds support for non-blocking
25  * acquisition of a lock.
26  *
27  * @author Scott.Stark@jboss.org
28  * @version $Revision: 37459 $
29  */

30 public interface BeanLockExt extends BeanLock
31 {
32    /**
33     * A non-blocking method that checks if the calling thread will be able
34     * to acquire the sync lock based on the calling thread.
35     *
36     * @return true if the calling thread can obtain the sync lock in which
37     * case it will, false if another thread already has the lock.
38     */

39    public boolean attemptSync();
40 }
41
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