Should i use lock.lock(): in this method?
- by user962800
I wrote this method whose purpose is to give notice of the fact that a thread is leaving a
specific block of code
A thread stands for a car which is leaving a bridge so other cars can traverse it .
The bridge is accessible to a given number of cars (limited capacity) and it's one way only.
public void getout(int diection){
// release the lock
semaphore.release();
try{
lock.lock(); //access to shared data
if(direction == Car.NORTH)
nNordTraversing--; //decreasing traversing threads
else
nSudTraversing--;
bridgeCond.signal();
}finally{
lock.unlock();
}
}
My question is: should I use lock.lock(); or it's just nonsense?
thanks in advance
