Lock Service | Apps Script | Google for Developers (original) (raw)
Lock Service
Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Lock
This service allows scripts to prevent concurrent access to sections of code. This can be useful when you have multiple users or processes modifying a shared resource and want to prevent collisions.
Classes
| Name | Brief description |
|---|---|
| Lock | A representation of a mutual-exclusion lock. |
| LockService | Prevents concurrent access to sections of code. |
Methods
| Method | Return type | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
| hasLock() | Boolean | Returns true if the lock was acquired. |
| releaseLock() | void | Releases the lock, allowing other processes waiting on the lock to continue. |
| tryLock(timeoutInMillis) | Boolean | Attempts to acquire the lock, timing out after the provided number of milliseconds. |
| waitLock(timeoutInMillis) | void | Attempts to acquire the lock, timing out with an exception after the provided number of milliseconds. |
[LockService](/apps-script/reference/lock/lock-service)
Methods
| Method | Return type | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
| getDocumentLock() | Lock | Gets a lock that prevents any user of the current document from concurrently running a section of code. |
| getScriptLock() | Lock | Gets a lock that prevents any user from concurrently running a section of code. |
| getUserLock() | Lock | Gets a lock that prevents the current user from concurrently running a section of code. |
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2024-12-02 UTC.