src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/concurrent/BatchedKeyedLocker.java

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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent;

import java.util.Comparator;

/** A {@link KeyedLocker} that additionally offers batched locking functionality. */
public interface BatchedKeyedLocker<K> extends KeyedLocker<K> {
  /** Factory for {@link BatchedKeyedLocker} instances. */
  interface Factory<K> {
    /**
     * Returns a fresh {@link BatchedKeyedLocker} instance.
     *
     * <p>The given {@link Comparator} instance is used to get consistent ordering for
     * {@link BatchedKeyedLocker#lockBatch}.
     */
    BatchedKeyedLocker<K> create(Comparator<K> comparator);
  }

  /**
   * Similar to {@link #lock}, blocks the current thread until it has exclusive access to do
   * things with all the keys in {@code keys} and returns a single {@link AutoUnlocker} instance
   * for yielding the implicit locks on all the given keys.
   *
   * <p>If a thread has an unclosed {@link AutoUnlocker} instance returned by a call to
   * {@code lockBatch(keys)}, this is equivalent to having separate, unclosed {@link AutoUnlocker}
   * instances for each {@code k} in {@code keys}.
   *
   * <p>Note that use of this method avoids the concerns described in {@link #lock}.
   */
  AutoUnlocker lockBatch(Iterable<K> keys);
}