// @(#)root/io:$Id$
// Author: Jan Fiete Grosse-Oetringhaus, 04.06.07

/*************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 1995-2007, Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers.               *
 * All rights reserved.                                                  *
 *                                                                       *
 * For the licensing terms see $ROOTSYS/LICENSE.                         *
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 *************************************************************************/

#ifndef ROOT_TLockFile
#define ROOT_TLockFile

#include "TObject.h"
#include "TString.h"


class TLockFile : public TObject {

private:
   TLockFile(const TLockFile&) = delete;             // not implemented
   TLockFile& operator=(const TLockFile&) = delete;  // not implemented

protected:
   TString fPath;         ///< Path to file holding the lock

   Bool_t Lock(const char *path, Int_t timeLimit);

public:
   TLockFile(const char *path, Int_t timeLimit = 0);
   ~TLockFile() override;

   ClassDefOverride(TLockFile, 0) //Lock an object using a file
};

#endif