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#include "nsISupports.idl"

/**
 * This service provides named interprocess locking.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(9f6dbe15-d851-4b00-912a-5ac0be88a409)]
interface ipcILockService : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * Call this method to acquire a named interprocess lock.
     *
     * @param aLockName
     *        specifies the name of the lock
     * @param aWaitIfBusy
     *        wait for the lock to become available; otherwise, fail if lock
     *        is already held by some other process.
     */
    void acquireLock(in string aLockName,
                     in boolean aWaitIfBusy);

    /**
     * Call this method to release a named lock.
     *
     * @param aLockName
     *        specifies the name of the lock
     */
    void releaseLock(in string aLockName);
};
