ArtifactsGuard

```
public interface ArtifactsGuard
```
Artifacts guard provides hierarchical read/write locking while accessing artifacts. An artifact can be read concurrently, but only one thread can write to the artifact at a time.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`lockReading(java.io.File fileToLock)`	Locks specified file or directory for reading.
`void`	`lockWriting(java.io.File fileToLock)`	Locks specified file or directory for writing.
`void`	`unlockReading(java.io.File fileToUnlock)`	Unlocks reading.
`void`	`unlockWriting(java.io.File fileToUnlock)`	Unlocks writing.

- Method Detail
  - lockWriting
```
void lockWriting(@NotNull
                 java.io.File fileToLock)
```
    Locks specified file or directory for writing. Doesn't throw any exceptions if the file system path doesn't exist.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fileToLock - file to lock, can be absolute file or relative. If relative, than system artifacts directory will be added to the file path.
  - unlockWriting
```
void unlockWriting(@NotNull
                   java.io.File fileToUnlock)
```
    Unlocks writing. Doesn't throw any exceptions if the file system path doesn't exist.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fileToUnlock - file to unlock
  - lockReading
```
void lockReading(@NotNull
                 java.io.File fileToLock)
```
    Locks specified file or directory for reading. Doesn't throw any exceptions if the file system path doesn't exist.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fileToLock - file to lock, can be absolute file or relative. If relative, than system artifacts directory will be added to the file path.
  - unlockReading
```
void unlockReading(@NotNull
                   java.io.File fileToUnlock)
```
    Unlocks reading. Doesn't throw any exceptions if the file system path doesn't exist.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fileToUnlock - file to unlock