partially implemented simpleclient.EventGenerator

[vamsas.git] / src / org / vamsas / client / simpleclient / VamsasFile.java

diff --git a/src/org/vamsas/client/simpleclient/VamsasFile.java b/src/org/vamsas/client/simpleclient/VamsasFile.java
index 6d5f13c..ffb1485 100644 (file)
--- a/src/org/vamsas/client/simpleclient/VamsasFile.java
+++ b/src/org/vamsas/client/simpleclient/VamsasFile.java
@@ -59,30 +59,25 @@ public class VamsasFile extends SessionFile {
     
   }
   */
-  
   /**
-   * gets a locked Reader for the vamsas document.
-   * @return reader for vamsasdocument.xml enrty
+   * public interface for getting a lock.
+   * The lock object is internally referenced 
+   * so the lock will persist even after the
+   * return value of the method goes out of scope.
+   * @return null if lock couldn't be got or a valid Lock object.
    */
   public Lock getLock() {
-    lockFile();
-    return fileLock;
+    if (lockFile())
+      return fileLock;
+    return null;
   }
+  /**
+   * explicitly unlocks vamsas file.
+   * if you have called getLock() you *must* 
+   * call this to release the lock.
+   */
   public void unLock() {
     this.unlockFile();
   }
-  public java.io.Reader getDocumentReader() {
-    
-    try {
-      JarFile session = new JarFile("vamsasJar");
-      //JarEntry vamsasDocument = session.getJarEntry("vamsasDocument.xml");
-      //return new InputStreamReader(session.getInputStream(vamsasDocument));
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      // TODO Auto-generated catch block
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-  
   
 }