libs-base/Headers/Foundation/NSDistributedLock.h

/* Interface for NSDistributedLock for GNUStep
   Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   Written by:  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
   Date: 1997

   This file is part of the GNUstep Base Library.

   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
   */

#ifndef __NSDistributedLock_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
#define __NSDistributedLock_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE

#include <Foundation/NSObject.h>
#include <Foundation/NSString.h>
#include <Foundation/NSDate.h>

@interface NSDistributedLock : NSObject
{
  NSString	*_lockPath;
  NSDate	*_lockTime;
}

+ (NSDistributedLock*) lockWithPath: (NSString*)aPath;
- (NSDistributedLock*) initWithPath: (NSString*)aPath;

- (void) breakLock;
- (NSDate*) lockDate;
- (BOOL) tryLock;
- (void) unlock;


@end

#endif /* __NSDistributedLock_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE */