/*
Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
Copyright (C) 2002 Israfil consulting Services Corporation

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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version 2.1 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
Lesser General Public License for more details.

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$Id: NSLocking.java 892 2006-02-16 12:47:16Z cgruber $

*/

package net.wotonomy.foundation;

/**
* Defines a simple locking protocol. Very course-grain locking.
*
* @author cgruber@israfil.net
* @author $Author: cgruber $
* @version $Revision: 892 $
*/

public interface NSLocking {

    public static final long OneSecond = 1000L;
    public static final long OneMinute = 60000L;
    public static final long OneHour = 0x36ee80L;
    public static final long OneDay = 0x5265c00L;
    public static final long OneWeek = 0x240c8400L;
    public static final long OneYear = 0x758f0dfc0L;
    public static final long OneCentury = 0x2debe176700L;

    public abstract void lock();

    public abstract void unlock();

}

/*
 * $Log$
 * Revision 1.1  2006/02/16 12:47:16  cgruber
 * Check in all sources in eclipse-friendly maven-enabled packages.
 *
 * Revision 1.1  2002/07/14 21:56:16  mpowers
 * Contributions from cgruber.
 *
 * Revision 1.2  2002/06/21 22:11:19  cgruber
 * Add a log trail
 *
 */