[Glass] protect temporary files

[Otto Behrens]

Hi,

We have zipped files (references stored in GemStone with
MAExternalFileModel) that we use in an operation, for example to merge PDF
data (with PDFTk) or serve to the user via the web server, while it is
temporarily unzipped. The code is something like this:

operation: aBlock
  tempFile := f unzip.
  ^ [ aBlock value: tempFile ] ensure: [ tempFile remove ]

We have on occasion multiple sessions that do operations on the same file,
which causes a problem. We would like to protect the operation with a
semaphore or something like that.

Is a Semaphore the way to solve this or is there a better alternative?

If we use Semaphore and store it on our file object, we cannot commit
because we cannot persist the semaphore instVar. According to the
programming guide, "if you need to encapsulate objects that should not be
persistent, such as semaphores, within object structures that do need to be
persistent and shared".

I am unsure how to structure this or if this is a good idea. Can anyone
please help?

Kind regards

Otto Behrens

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