How can I lock a file using java (if possible)

Question

I have a Java process that opens a file using a FileReader. How can I prevent another (Java) process from opening this file, or at least notify that second process that the

Answer 1

Below is a sample snippet code to lock a file until it's process is done by JVM.

 public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
    File file = new File(FILE_FULL_PATH_NAME);
    RandomAccessFile in = null;
    try {
        in = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw");
        FileLock lock = in.getChannel().lock();
        try {

            while (in.read() != -1) {
                System.out.println(in.readLine());
            }
        } finally {
            lock.release();
        }
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }finally {
        try {
            in.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}