@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ interface LockManager extends AutoCloseable {
 
   /**
    * Release a lock
+   *
+   * @apiNote exception must not be thrown for this method.
+   *
    * @param entityId ID of the entity to lock
    * @param ownerId ID of the owner if the lock
-   * @return if the lock for the entity of the owner is released
+   * @return if the owner held the lock and successfully released it.
    */
   boolean release(String entityId, String ownerId);
 
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package org.apache.iceberg.aws.glue;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An interface for locking, used to ensure Glue catalog commit isolation.
 */
interface LockManager extends AutoCloseable {

  /**
   * Try to acquire a lock
   * @param entityId ID of the entity to lock
   * @param ownerId ID of the owner if the lock
   * @return if the lock for the entity is acquired by the owner
   */
  boolean acquire(String entityId, String ownerId);

  /**
   * Release a lock
   * @param entityId ID of the entity to lock
   * @param ownerId ID of the owner if the lock
   * @return if the lock for the entity of the owner is released
   */
  boolean release(String entityId, String ownerId);

  /**
   * Initialize lock manager from catalog properties.
   * @param properties catalog properties
   */
  void initialize(Map<String, String> properties);
}

Key? I think you might still mean "lock"?