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package org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
/**
*
* A specialized implementation of the {@code ConcurrentInitializer} interface
* based on an {@link AtomicReference} variable.
*
*
* This class maintains a member field of type {@code AtomicReference}. It
* implements the following algorithm to create and initialize an object in its
* {@link #get()} method:
*
*
* - First it is checked whether the {@code AtomicReference} variable contains
* already a value. If this is the case, the value is directly returned.
* - Otherwise the {@link #initialize()} method is called. This method must be
* defined in concrete subclasses to actually create the managed object.
* - After the object was created by {@link #initialize()} it is checked
* whether the {@code AtomicReference} variable is still undefined. This has to
* be done because in the meantime another thread may have initialized the
* object. If the reference is still empty, the newly created object is stored
* in it and returned by this method.
* - Otherwise the value stored in the {@code AtomicReference} is returned.
*
*
* Because atomic variables are used this class does not need any
* synchronization. So there is no danger of deadlock, and access to the managed
* object is efficient. However, if multiple threads access the {@code
* AtomicInitializer} object before it has been initialized almost at the same
* time, it can happen that {@link #initialize()} is called multiple times. The
* algorithm outlined above guarantees that {@link #get()} always returns the
* same object though.
*
*
* Compared with the {@link LazyInitializer} class, this class can be more
* efficient because it does not need synchronization. The drawback is that the
* {@link #initialize()} method can be called multiple times which may be
* problematic if the creation of the managed object is expensive. As a rule of
* thumb this initializer implementation is preferable if there are not too many
* threads involved and the probability that multiple threads access an
* uninitialized object is small. If there is high parallelism,
* {@link LazyInitializer} is more appropriate.
*
*
* @since 3.0
* @version $Id: AtomicInitializer.java 1583482 2014-03-31 22:54:57Z niallp $
* @param the type of the object managed by this initializer class
*/
public abstract class AtomicInitializer implements ConcurrentInitializer {
/** Holds the reference to the managed object. */
private final AtomicReference reference = new AtomicReference();
/**
* Returns the object managed by this initializer. The object is created if
* it is not available yet and stored internally. This method always returns
* the same object.
*
* @return the object created by this {@code AtomicInitializer}
* @throws ConcurrentException if an error occurred during initialization of
* the object
*/
@Override
public T get() throws ConcurrentException {
T result = reference.get();
if (result == null) {
result = initialize();
if (!reference.compareAndSet(null, result)) {
// another thread has initialized the reference
result = reference.get();
}
}
return result;
}
/**
* Creates and initializes the object managed by this {@code
* AtomicInitializer}. This method is called by {@link #get()} when the
* managed object is not available yet. An implementation can focus on the
* creation of the object. No synchronization is needed, as this is already
* handled by {@code get()}. As stated by the class comment, it is possible
* that this method is called multiple times.
*
* @return the managed data object
* @throws ConcurrentException if an error occurs during object creation
*/
protected abstract T initialize() throws ConcurrentException;
}