Create a File Lock on a File in Java
Description
The following code shows how to create a File Lock on a File.
Example
// w w w . j ava 2 s. c o m
import java.io.File;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.nio.channels.FileLock;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
File file = new File("filename");
FileChannel channel = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw").getChannel();
FileLock lock = channel.lock();
lock = channel.tryLock();
lock.release();
channel.close();
}
}