Move lock related operations to a separate utility, such as NodeLock -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBCACHE-546 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBCACHE-546 Project: JBoss Cache Issue Type: Sub-task Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Affects Versions: 1.3.0.GA Reporter: Elias Ross This is to reduce the amount of methods in Node to keep them fairly succinct. The lock in a Node itself could be package-protected so that interactions must happen through this class.