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package eu.stratosphere.nephele.util;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
/**
* Auxiliary class which provides atomic operations on enumerations. Internally, the class uses an
* {@link AtomicReference} object to guarantee the atomicity.
*
* This class is thread-safe.
*
*/
public final class AtomicEnum> {
/**
* The atomic reference which provides the atomicity internally.
*/
private final AtomicReference ref;
/**
* Constructs a new atomic enumeration object.
*
* @param initialValue
* the initial value of the enumeration
*/
public AtomicEnum(final T initialValue) {
this.ref = new AtomicReference(initialValue);
}
/**
* Sets to the given value.
*
* @param newValue
* the new value
*/
public void set(final T newValue) {
this.ref.set(newValue);
}
/**
* Gets the current value.
*
* @return the current value.
*/
public T get() {
return this.ref.get();
}
/**
* Sets the given value and returns the old value.
*
* @param newValue
* the new value
* @return the previous value
*/
public T getAndSet(final T newValue) {
return this.ref.getAndSet(newValue);
}
/**
* Atomically set the value to the given updated value if the current value == the expected value.
*
* @param expect
* the expected value
* @param update
* the new value
* @return true if successful, false otherwise
*/
public boolean compareAndSet(final T expect, final T update) {
return this.ref.compareAndSet(expect, update);
}
}