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Postgres advisory locking factory.

Copyright: Damyon Wiese 2013
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
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Defines 1 class

postgres_lock_factory:: (11 methods):
  get_unique_db_instance_id()
  __construct()
  is_available()
  supports_timeout()
  supports_auto_release()
  supports_recursion()
  get_index_from_key()
  get_lock()
  release_lock()
  extend_lock()
  auto_release()


Class: postgres_lock_factory  - X-Ref

Postgres advisory locking factory.

Postgres locking implementation using advisory locks. Some important points. Postgres has
2 different forms of lock functions, some accepting a single int, and some accepting 2 ints. This implementation
uses the 2 int version so that it uses a separate namespace from the session locking. The second note,
is because postgres uses integer keys for locks, we first need to map strings to a unique integer. This is done
using a prefix of a sha1 hash converted to an integer.

get_unique_db_instance_id()   X-Ref
Calculate a unique instance id based on the database name and prefix.

return: int.

__construct($type)   X-Ref
Almighty constructor.

param: string $type - Used to prefix lock keys.

is_available()   X-Ref
Is available.

return: boolean - True if this lock type is available in this environment.

supports_timeout()   X-Ref
Return information about the blocking behaviour of the lock type on this platform.

return: boolean - Defer to the DB driver.

supports_auto_release()   X-Ref
Will this lock type will be automatically released when a process ends.

return: boolean - Via shutdown handler.

supports_recursion()   X-Ref
Multiple locks for the same resource can NOT be held by a single process.

return: boolean - false.

get_index_from_key($key)   X-Ref
This function generates the unique index for a specific lock key using
a sha1 prefix converted to decimal.

param: string $key
return: int

get_lock($resource, $timeout, $maxlifetime = 86400)   X-Ref
Create and get a lock

param: string $resource - The identifier for the lock. Should use frankenstyle prefix.
param: int $timeout - The number of seconds to wait for a lock before giving up.
param: int $maxlifetime - Unused by this lock type.
return: boolean - true if a lock was obtained.

release_lock(lock $lock)   X-Ref
Release a lock that was previously obtained with @lock.

param: lock $lock - a lock obtained from this factory.
return: boolean - true if the lock is no longer held (including if it was never held).

extend_lock(lock $lock, $maxlifetime = 86400)   X-Ref
Extend a lock that was previously obtained with @lock.

param: lock $lock - a lock obtained from this factory.
param: int $maxlifetime - the new lifetime for the lock (in seconds).
return: boolean - true if the lock was extended.

auto_release()   X-Ref
Auto release any open locks on shutdown.
This is required, because we may be using persistent DB connections.