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Postgres transaction-level advisory lock implementation that uses Spring JDBC
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Propagation
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional
import java.time.Duration
interface LockManager {
fun <T> tryWithLock(key: Long, timeout: Duration, function: () -> T): T
}
/**
* LockManager implementation that uses postgres transaction-level advisory locks.
*/
@Component
class PostgresLockManager(private val jdbcTemplate: JdbcTemplate) : LockManager {
private val log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LockManager::class.java)
/**
* We need a transaction for the locking to actually work, but possible to participate in an ongoing transaction.
*/
@Transactional(propagation = Propagation.REQUIRED)
override fun <T> tryWithLock(key: Long, timeout: Duration, function: () -> T): T {
lock(key, timeout)
return function()
}
private fun lock(key: Long, timeout: Duration) {
val timeoutMillis = timeout.toMillis()
var count = 0
log.debug("Acquiring pg_try_advisory_xact_lock($key)")
while (!jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select pg_try_advisory_xact_lock(?)", Boolean::class.java, key)) {
if (timeoutMillis - (1000 * count++) > 0) {
log.info("Waiting for 1000 ms to acquire pg_try_advisory_xact_lock($key)")
Thread.sleep(1000)
} else {
throw RuntimeException("Deadlock detected while acquiring pg_try_advisory_xact_lock($key)")
}
}
}
}
/**
* Dummy implementation for test purposes.
*/
class DummyLockManager : LockManager {
override fun <T> tryWithLock(key: Long, timeout: Duration, function: () -> T): T = function()
}
/**
* Example of usage.
*/
@Transactional
class ClassThatNeedsLocking(private val lockManager: LockManager) {
fun functionThatUsesTheLockManager() {
lockManager.tryWithLock(1337, Duration.ofMillis(5000)) {
// do stuff on entity with id=1337 that needs locking.
}
}
}
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