/** Discards the indicated blocks and notify the owner. */
private void discardBlocks(ArrayList<BlockIo> blocks) throws IOException {
for (BlockIo cur : blocks) {
cur.decrementTransactionCount();
if (!cur.isInTransaction()) {
owner.releaseFromTransaction(cur, false);
}
}
}
/** Synchronizes the indicated blocks with the owner. */
private void synchronizeBlocks(Iterable<BlockIo> blocks, boolean fromCore) throws IOException {
// write block vector elements to the data file.
for (BlockIo cur : blocks) {
owner.synch(cur);
if (fromCore) {
cur.decrementTransactionCount();
if (!cur.isInTransaction()) {
owner.releaseFromTransaction(cur, true);
}
}
}
}