Creating a File Lock on a File

public static void main(String[] args)
{
try {
// Get a file channel for the file
File file = new File("Test.java");
FileChannel channel = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw").getChannel();

// Use the file channel to create a lock on the file.
// This method blocks until it can retrieve the lock.
FileLock lock = channel.lock();

// Try acquiring the lock without blocking. This method returns
// null or throws an exception if the file is already locked.
try {
lock = channel.tryLock();
} catch (OverlappingFileLockException e) {
// File is already locked in this thread or virtual machine
}

// Release the lock
lock.release();

// Close the file
channel.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}