以下这段伪代码来自于OraPub的Craig A. Shallahamer，这段代码并不长但基本对获取latch、spin、sleep的行为都描述清楚了，如果你对latch仍不甚了了，那么这段代码会对你很有帮助:

Function Get_Latch(latch_name,mode)
{
  If Mode eq ‘immediate’ {
    If Fast_Get(latch_name) {
      return TRUE
    Else {
      return FALSE
    }
  }
  Else {
    If Fast_Get(latch_name)
    Then {
      v$latch.gets++
      return TRUE
    }
    Else {
      v$latch.misses++
      for try = 0 .. large_number
      {
        if Spin_Get(latch_name)
        Then {
          return TRUE
        }
        Else {
          T0 = time
          Sleep(try)
          T1=time
          Register_Event("latch free",T1-T0)
        }
      } -- spin/sleep loop
    }
  }
}

Function Fast_Get(latch_name)
{
  If try_to_get_latch(latch_name)
  Then {
    return TRUE
  }
  Else {
    return FALSE
  }
}

Function Spin_Get(latch_name)
{
  v$latch.spin_get++
  for i = 1 to _spin_count
  {
    If Fast_Get(latch_name)
    Then {
      return TRUE
    }
  }
}

Function Sleep(try)
{
  v$latch.sleeps++
  v$latch.sleep[try]++
  sleeptime =
    decode(try,0,0,1,10,2,20,3,~40,4,~80,...~2000)
  sleep(sleeptime)
}