Good idea!
Maybe propose this for Java 9?
Looks very reasonable to me.
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> On 2016/06/24, at 8:32, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I wonder if anyone knows why Lock is not AutoCloseable.
>
> This:
>
> public static boolean hasManager(final String name) {
> LOCK.lock();
> try {
> return MAP.containsKey(name);
> } finally {
> LOCK.unlock();
> }
> }
>
>
> Seems lame in comparison to:
>
> public static boolean hasManager(final String name) {
> try (LOCK.lock()) {
> return MAP.containsKey(name);
> }
> }
>
> Which, due to syntax really would be:
>
> public static boolean hasManager(final String name) {
> try (Object o = LOCK.lock()) {
> return MAP.containsKey(name);
> }
> }
>
> Just wonderin'...
>
> Gary
>
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