How can I lock a file using java (if possible)

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FileChannel.lock is probably what you want.

try (
    FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
    java.nio.channels.FileLock lock = in.getChannel().lock();
    Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(in, charset)
) {
    ...
}

(Disclaimer: Code not compiled and certainly not tested.)

Note the section entitled “platform dependencies” in the API doc for FileLock.

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