Configuring the lock timeout value in the ObjectGrid descriptor XML file

When a LockTimeoutException exception occurs, the application must determine if the timeout is occurring because the application is running slower than expected, or if the timeout occurred because of a deadlock condition. If an actual deadlock condition occurred, then increasing the lock wait timeout value does not eliminate the exception. Increasing the timeout results in the exception taking longer to occur. However, if increasing the lock wait timeout value does eliminate the exception, then the problem occurred because the application was running slower than expected. The application in this case must determine why performance is slow.

To prevent deadlocks from occurring, the lock manager has a default timeout value of 15 seconds. If the timeout limit is exceeded, a LockTimeoutException exception occurs. If your system is heavily loaded, the default timeout value might cause the LockTimeoutException exceptions to occur when no deadlock exists. In this situation, you can increase the lock timeout value programmatically or in the ObjectGrid descriptor XML file.