import com.hazelcast.core.Hazelcast;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;

Lock lock = Hazelcast.getLock(myLockedObject);
lock.lock();
try {
    // do something here
} finally {
    lock.unlock();
} 
 

java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock.tryLock() with timeout is also supported. All operations on the Lock that Hazelcast.getLock(Object obj) returns are cluster-wide and Lock behaves just like java.util.concurrent.lock.ReentrantLock.

if (lock.tryLock (5000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
    try {  
       // do some stuff here..  
    } 
    finally {  
      lock.unlock();  
    }   
} 

Locks are fail-safe. If a member holds a lock and some of the members go down, cluster will keep your locks safe and available. Moreover, when a member leaves the cluster, all the locks acquired by this dead member will be removed so that these locks can be available for live members immediately.