Question

i have a tomcat/blazeDS application in with several users write to the same xml file. while they write i want to have a file lock on that file. my first attempt was to get the filechannel of the file and establish a lock() to the file. But unfortunately there is always a OverlappingFileLockException if i try to do so cause there is always a new process for a new call to the blazeDS components.

Is there a possibility to store a FileLock within a session or a basic functionality of tomcat to lock files within a session.

Thnak you all

Answer 1

I solved it by using a ReentrentLock within a static class so i cannot access it while it is locked.

public class DataAccessUtil {

private static final ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();

…

public static void lockDataFolder() {

    lock.lock();  // block until condition holds
}

public static void unlockDataFolder() {

    lock.unlock(); 

}