Getting exclusive system-wide lock in Java

Question

I'm re-working a Java executable that may be started multiple times, and I want the process to proceed one at a time. In C# I would do this with a named/system Mutex, but this doesn't seem to be possible in Java. How can I achieve this functionality?

Answer 1

You can use exclusive access to a File on the File System to achieve similar behavior. I don't think there is something similar to what you've mentioned.

Examples

• Java Programming [Archive] - open File in exclusive lock
• java.nio.channels.FileLock