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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jetbrains.idea.svn;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.FilePathImpl;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.ProjectLevelVcsManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.FilePathsHelper;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNErrorCode;
+import org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNErrorMessage;
+import org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNException;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+
+/**
+ * Created with IntelliJ IDEA.
+ * User: Irina.Chernushina
+ * Date: 10/19/12
+ * Time: 12:09 PM
+ */
+public class SvnWriteOperationLocks {
+  private final ProjectLevelVcsManager myVcsManager;
+  private final Map<String, Lock> myLockMap;
+  private final Object myLock;
+
+  public SvnWriteOperationLocks(final Project project) {
+    myVcsManager = ProjectLevelVcsManager.getInstance(project);
+    myLockMap = new HashMap<String, Lock>();
+    myLock = new Object();
+  }
+
+  public void lock(final File file) throws SVNException {
+    final Lock lock = getLockObject(file);
+    lock.lock();
+  }
+
+  private Lock getLockObject(File file) throws SVNException {
+    return getLockObject(new FilePathImpl(file, file.isDirectory()), FilePathsHelper.convertPath(file.getPath()));
+  }
+
+  private Lock getLockObject(VirtualFile file) throws SVNException {
+    return getLockObject(new FilePathImpl(file), FilePathsHelper.convertPath(file.getPath()));
+  }
+
+  private Lock getLockObject(FilePathImpl file, final String path) throws SVNException {
+    final boolean directory = file.isDirectory();
+    final VirtualFile root = myVcsManager.getVcsRootFor(file);
+    if (root == null) {
+      throw new SVNException(SVNErrorMessage.create(directory ? SVNErrorCode.WC_NOT_WORKING_COPY : SVNErrorCode.WC_NOT_FILE));
+    }
+    Lock lock;
+    synchronized (myLock) {
+      lock = myLockMap.get(path);
+      if (lock == null) {
+        lock = new ReentrantLock();
+        myLockMap.put(path, lock);
+      }
+    }
+    return lock;
+  }
+
+  public void unlock(final File file) throws SVNException {
+    final Lock lock = getLockObject(file);
+    lock.unlock();
+  }
+
+  public void lock(final VirtualFile vf) throws SVNException {
+    final Lock lock = getLockObject(vf);
+    lock.lock();
+  }
+
+  public void unlock(final VirtualFile vf) throws SVNException {
+    final Lock lock = getLockObject(vf);
+    lock.unlock();
+  }
+}