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20  package com.allanbank.mongodb;
21  
22  /**
23   * LockType provides an enumeration for the types of locks used at the core of
24   * the driver to hand off messages between threads.
25   * 
26   * @api.yes This interface is part of the driver's API. Public and protected
27   *          members will be deprecated for at least 1 non-bugfix release
28   *          (version numbers are <major>.<minor>.<bugfix>)
29   *          before being removed or modified.
30   * @copyright 2012-2013, Allanbank Consulting, Inc., All Rights Reserved
31   */
32  public enum LockType {
33  
34      /**
35       * Use a spin loop. This produces an extremely low latency hand-off at the
36       * expense of utilizing more CPU than a standard mutex. If the hand-off does
37       * not occur within 1 ms then this lock falls back to a mutex.
38       * <p>
39       * Generally only applications looking for the absolute best performance and
40       * that CPU capacity will need this type of locking.
41       * </p>
42       */
43      LOW_LATENCY_SPIN,
44  
45      /** Use a standard Java mutex for notification across threads. */
46      MUTEX;
47  }