Lock
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The Lock
interface of the Web Locks API provides the name and mode of a lock.
This may be a newly requested lock that is received in the callback to LockManager.request()
, or a record of an active or queued lock returned by LockManager.query()
.
Properties
Lock.mode
Read only-
Returns the access mode passed to
LockManager.request()
when the lock was requested. The mode is either"exclusive"
(the default) or"shared"
. Lock.name
Read only-
Returns the name passed to
LockManager.request()
when the lock was requested.
Examples
The following examples show how the mode and name properties are passed in the call to LockManager.request()
.
LockManager
is the object returned by navigator.locks
.
navigator.locks.request("net_db_sync", show_lock_properties);
navigator.locks.request("another_lock", {mode: "shared"}, show_lock_properties);
function show_lock_properties(lock) {
console.log(`The lock name is: ${lock.name}`);
console.log(`The lock mode is: ${lock.mode}`);
}
Specifications
Specification |
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Web Locks API # api-lock |
Browser compatibility
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