[#BloombergLP-bsls-BslLockGuard]
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RAII guard that acquires and releases a `bsls::BslLock`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_bsllock.h>`

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class BslLockGuard;
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== Description

This `class` implements a guard for automatically acquiring and releasing the lock on an associated `bsls::BslLock` object. This mechanism follows the RAII idiom whereby the lock on the `BslLock` associated with a guard object is acquired upon construction and released upon destruction.

== Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/BslLockGuard/2constructor.adoc[`BslLockGuard`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Create a guard that manages and acquires the specified `lock`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/BslLockGuard/2destructor.adoc[`~BslLockGuard`] [.small]#[destructor]#
| Destroy this guard and unlock its managed object, if any.
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/BslLockGuard/release.adoc[`release`] 
| Cease managing the current lock without unlocking it.
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