protected boolean isLockedLocally(UUID newOwnerID){
  return thisNode.equals(getOwnerNode()) || thisNode.equals(newOwnerID);
}

protected boolean isLockedLocally ( UUID newOwnerID ) { return thisNode . equals ( getOwnerNode ( ) ) || thisNode . equals ( newOwnerID ) ; }
checks if latest call to acquire / release was called on this node . should only be called from update method .
