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package com.jogamp.nativewindow;

import jogamp.nativewindow.Debug;

/**
 * Marker for a singleton global recursive blocking lock implementation,
 * optionally locking a native windowing toolkit as well.
 * <p>
 * Toolkit locks are created solely via {@link NativeWindowFactory}.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * One use case is the AWT locking on X11, see {@link NativeWindowFactory#getDefaultToolkitLock(String, long)}.
 * </p>
 */
public interface ToolkitLock {
    public static final boolean DEBUG = Debug.debug("ToolkitLock");
    public static final boolean TRACE_LOCK = Debug.isPropertyDefined("nativewindow.debug.ToolkitLock.TraceLock", true);

    /**
     * Blocking until the lock is acquired by this Thread or a timeout is reached.
     * <p>
     * Timeout is implementation specific, if used at all.
     * </p>
     *
     * @throws RuntimeException in case of a timeout
     */
    public void lock();

    /**
     * Release the lock.
     *
     * @throws RuntimeException in case the lock is not acquired by this thread.
     */
    public void unlock();

    /**
     * @throws RuntimeException if current thread does not hold the lock
     */
    public void validateLocked() throws RuntimeException;

    /**
     * Dispose this instance.
     * <p>
     * Shall be called when instance is no more required.
     * </p>
     * This allows implementations sharing a lock via resources
     * to decrease the reference counter.
     */
    public void dispose();
}