2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/gnu/java/nio/FileLockImpl.h b/libjava/gnu/java/nio/FileLockImpl.h
index ba1668be327..514f03ea65d 100644
--- a/libjava/gnu/java/nio/FileLockImpl.h
+++ b/libjava/gnu/java/nio/FileLockImpl.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public: // actually protected
   void finalize();
 public:
   jboolean isValid();
+  void close();
   void release();
 private:
   jboolean __attribute__((aligned(__alignof__( ::java::nio::channels::FileLock)))) valid;
diff --git a/libjava/gnu/java/nio/FileLockImpl.java b/libjava/gnu/java/nio/FileLockImpl.java
index 673ca2522df..6af01f15ebc 100644
--- a/libjava/gnu/java/nio/FileLockImpl.java
+++ b/libjava/gnu/java/nio/FileLockImpl.java
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ public final class FileLockImpl extends FileLock
     return valid;
   }
 
+  public void close() throws Exception
+  {
+    release();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Releases the lock if it is still valid. Marks this lock as invalid.
    */