Java synchronizing based on a parameter (named mutex/lock)

Question

I\'m looking for a way to synchronize a method based on the parameter it receives, something like this:

public synchronized void doSomething(name){
//some co         


        

Answer 1

I've created a tokenProvider based on the IdMutexProvider of McDowell. The manager uses a WeakHashMap which takes care of cleaning up unused locks.

You could find my implementation here.