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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * 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 from
+ * 
+ *     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 edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.locking;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.ACIDException;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.transactions.DatasetId;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.transactions.ILockManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.transactions.ITransactionContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.transaction.TransactionSubsystem;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.lifecycle.ILifeCycleComponent;
+
+
+/**
+ * A dummy implementation of the ILockManager interface. It assumes that all
+ * requests are successful. It can be used to for jobs that are known to be
+ * conflict free, but it'll yield terrible results if there are conflicts.
+ * 
+ * @author tillw
+ *
+ */
+public class DummyLockManager implements ILockManager, ILifeCycleComponent {
+
+    public DummyLockManager(TransactionSubsystem transactionSubsystem) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop(boolean dumpState, OutputStream ouputStream) throws IOException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void lock(DatasetId datasetId, int entityHashValue, byte lockMode, ITransactionContext txnContext)
+            throws ACIDException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void releaseLocks(ITransactionContext txnContext) throws ACIDException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void unlock(DatasetId datasetId, int entityHashValue, byte lockMode, ITransactionContext txnContext)
+            throws ACIDException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void instantLock(DatasetId datasetId, int entityHashValue, byte lockMode, ITransactionContext context)
+            throws ACIDException {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean tryLock(DatasetId datasetId, int entityHashValue, byte lockMode, ITransactionContext context)
+            throws ACIDException {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean instantTryLock(DatasetId datasetId, int entityHashValue, byte lockMode,
+            ITransactionContext txnContext) throws ACIDException {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String prettyPrint() throws ACIDException {
+        return "DummyLockManager";
+    }
+
+}