How to check a text file is already opened by another process

Hi All,
We are facing a requirement to check a simple text file that has been already opened by some other process using java programming.We are using simple file reading concepts to read the content of those text file
For eg: Let us take sample.txt in any of the system location which is manually opened and we need to check that sample.txt is opened or not using java programming.
If it is not opened by any process then only we should read that file otherwise we shouldn't.
ANY GUIDANCE WILL BE HELPFUL...
Thanks & Regards,
Rumeshbabu

Hi Christian,
Thanks. Our scenario is...
1. We have log files(in.txt) which is scheduled everyday for tracking and the scheduler will be writing the file ,it will be closed by night 11.
2.So in case if we write any java code to access that log file(using io file concept in java) we need access to that log file from our standalone java program only after night 11 0 clock.
3.So we should check a condition whether that log file has been already used by some other process.
Thanks & Regards.
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