Java并发编程包提供了读写锁的实现,其维护了一对相关的锁 — — “读取锁”和“写入锁”,一个用于读取操作,另一个用于写入操作。

“读取锁”用于只读操作,它是“共享锁”,能同时被多个线程获取。


“写入锁”用于写入操作,它是“独占锁”,写入锁只能被一个线程锁获取。

ReadWriteLock是一个接口。ReentrantReadWriteLock是它的实现类,ReentrantReadWriteLock包括子类ReadLock和WriteLock。

读写锁接口ReadWriteLock:

(1)readLock获取一个读锁

(2)writeLock获取一个写锁

public interface ReadWriteLock {

Lock readLock();

Lock writeLock();
}

在实现类ReentrantReadWriteLock中并发编程包分别实现了一个读锁ReadLock和写锁WriteLock,其实ReadLock和WriteLock差别不大,比较明显的差别是ReadLock获取锁时是调用acquireShared方法

public void lock() {
sync.acquireShared(1);
}

WriteLock获取锁的方法是sync.acquire(1)

public void lock() {
sync.acquire(1);
}

我们知道读锁是一个共享锁,写锁是一个独占锁,具体的实现区别应该是在acquireShared和acquire中体现的。

读锁ReadLock源码:

public static class ReadLock implements Lock, java.io.Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -5992448646407690164L;
private final Sync sync;
protected ReadLock(ReentrantReadWriteLock lock) {
sync = lock.sync;
}
public void lock() {
sync.acquireShared(1);
}
public void lockInterruptibly() throws InterruptedException {
sync.acquireSharedInterruptibly(1);
}
public boolean tryLock() {
return sync.tryReadLock();
}
public boolean tryLock(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
throws InterruptedException {
return sync.tryAcquireSharedNanos(1, unit.toNanos(timeout));
}
public void unlock() {
sync.releaseShared(1);
}
public Condition newCondition() {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
}
public String toString() {
int r = sync.getReadLockCount();
return super.toString() +
"[Read locks = " + r + "]";
}
}

写锁WriteLock源码:

public static class WriteLock implements Lock, java.io.Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -4992448646407690164L;
private final Sync sync;

protected WriteLock(ReentrantReadWriteLock lock) {
sync = lock.sync;
}


public void lock() {
sync.acquire(1);
}


public void lockInterruptibly() throws InterruptedException {
sync.acquireInterruptibly(1);
}

public boolean tryLock( ) {
return sync.tryWriteLock();
}


public boolean tryLock(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
throws InterruptedException {
return sync.tryAcquireNanos(1, unit.toNanos(timeout));
}


public void unlock() {
sync.release(1);
}


public Condition newCondition() {
return sync.newCondition();
}


public String toString() {
Thread o = sync.getOwner();
return super.toString() + ((o == null) ?
"[Unlocked]" :
"[Locked by thread " + o.getName() + "]");
}


public boolean isHeldByCurrentThread() {
return sync.isHeldExclusively();
}


public int getHoldCount() {
return sync.getWriteHoldCount();
}
}