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= Lock Strategies

*Tag:* lock-strategies

[*__since 2.0__*]

[ivysettings.lock-strategies]#Defines a list of lock strategies usable in Ivy.#

A lock strategy is used by a cache manager to decide when and how locking should be performed (see link:../settings/cache[caches] to see how to configure the lock strategy to use).

The following strategies are registered by default:

* *no-lock* +
 This lock strategy actually performs no locking at all, and thus should not be used in an environment where the cache is shared by multiple processes.

* *artifact-lock* +
 This strategy acquires a lock whenever a module descriptor or an artifact is downloaded to the cache, which makes a good solution when you want to share your repository cache.
Note that this strategy is based on file locking, performed by default using the `java.io.File.createNewFile()` atomicity (which is documented as atomic in the javadoc, but not recommended to perform locks).


* *artifact-lock-nio* (*__since 2.4__*) +
 Like the `artifact-lock` strategy, this one also acquires a lock whenever a module descriptor or artifact is downloaded to the cache. But here the implementation is done with a `java.nio.FileLock`.


The child tag used for the lock strategy must be equal to a name of a lock strategy type (added with the `typedef` tag).


== Child elements


[options="header"]
|=======
|Element|Description|Cardinality
|any lock strategy|adds a lock strategy to the list of available ones|0..n
|=======
