I am reading Java LinkedBlockingQueue source code, the place I don't understand is, the lock and cond variable are already initialized at the beginning, why assign them to new local variables in each function every time they are used? Here are the examples in the source code enter image description here
lock and cond_var initialized here
/** The capacity bound, or Integer.MAX_VALUE if none */
private final int capacity;
/** Current number of elements */
private final AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger();
/**
* Head of linked list.
* Invariant: head.item == null
*/
transient Node<E> head;
/**
* Tail of linked list.
* Invariant: last.next == null
*/
private transient Node<E> last;
/** Lock held by take, poll, etc */
private final ReentrantLock takeLock = new ReentrantLock();
/** Wait queue for waiting takes */
private final Condition notEmpty = takeLock.newCondition();
/** Lock held by put, offer, etc */
private final ReentrantLock putLock = new ReentrantLock();
/** Wait queue for waiting puts */
private final Condition notFull = putLock.newCondition();
examples of re-assign and using them
// example 1
private void signalNotEmpty() {
final ReentrantLock takeLock = this.takeLock;
takeLock.lock();
try {
notEmpty.signal();
} finally {
takeLock.unlock();
}
}
// example 2
public void put(E e) throws InterruptedException {
if (e == null) throw new NullPointerException();
// Note: convention in all put/take/etc is to preset local var
// holding count negative to indicate failure unless set.
int c = -1;
Node<E> node = new Node<E>(e);
final ReentrantLock putLock = this.putLock;
final AtomicInteger count = this.count;
putLock.lockInterruptibly();
try {
/*
* Note that count is used in wait guard even though it is
* not protected by lock. This works because count can
* only decrease at this point (all other puts are shut
* out by lock), and we (or some other waiting put) are
* signalled if it ever changes from capacity. Similarly
* for all other uses of count in other wait guards.
*/
while (count.get() == capacity) {
notFull.await();
}
enqueue(node);
c = count.getAndIncrement();
if (c + 1 < capacity)
notFull.signal();
} finally {
putLock.unlock();
}
if (c == 0)
signalNotEmpty();
}
