See http://hadoop.apache.org/zookeeper/docs/r3.0.1/recipes.html#sc_recipes_Locks for the recommended implementation.
-----Original Message----- From: "Kevin Burton" <bur...@spinn3r.com> Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2009 11:13pm To: zookeeper-user@hadoop.apache.org Subject: mutexes I assume the recipe for creating a mutex in ZK would be: create a nonce create an ephemeral lock on a named node. if you succeed on the create you one the lock if not, add an event to watch for the node being deleted attempt to lock. Kevin -- Founder/CEO Spinn3r.com Location: San Francisco, CA AIM/YIM: sfburtonator Skype: burtonator Work: http://spinn3r.com
