1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.springframework.webflow.core.collection; 17 18 /** 19 * An interface to be implemented by mutable attribute maps accessed by 20 * multiple threads that need to be synchronized. 21 * 22 * @author Keith Donald 23 */ 24 public interface SharedAttributeMap extends MutableAttributeMap { 25 26 /** 27 * Returns the shared map's mutex, which may be synchronized on to block 28 * access to the map by other threads. 29 */ 30 public Object getMutex(); 31 }