The document discusses using Hazelcast distributed locks to synchronize access to critical sections of code across multiple JVMs and application instances. It describes how Hazelcast implements distributed versions of common Java data structures, including distributed locks via its ILock interface. It provides examples of configuring a Hazelcast cluster programmatically by specifying cluster properties like IP addresses and ports, and shows how to obtain and use a distributed lock within a try-finally block to ensure it is released.