Overview
Tries to acquire a lock for the enclosure key until the lock is retrieved.string $Cache.Lock(key: string)
string $Cache.Lock(key: string, blockingTimeout: string)
Arguments
string key
Lock key. Key is a unique identifier for shared access. Required.
string blockingTimeout
Duration of waiting timeout in hh:mm:ss format. Default value is 60 second.
Remarks
This method automatically enters to wait state for shared key is set to free until timeout is reached. If you do not want to wait please use the $Cache.TryLock method instead.
Acquired lock always must be released with $Cache.ReleaseLock method with generated token value. Otherwise lock is kept for long period until it's expire. (Default 5 min)
Example
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$Cache.Set('myint', 4);
var tokenValue = $Cache.Lock('myint');
// Locked code block
$Cache.ReleaseLock('myint',tokenValue); |