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package java.util.concurrent.atomic;
/**
* An object reference that may be updated atomically. See the {@link
* java.util.concurrent.atomic} package specification for description
* of the properties of atomic variables.
* @since 1.5
* @author Doug Lea
* @param The type of object referred to by this reference
*/
public class AtomicReference implements java.io.Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -1848883965231344442L;
private volatile V value;
/**
* Creates a new AtomicReference with the given initial value.
*
* @param initialValue the initial value
*/
public AtomicReference(V initialValue) {
value = initialValue;
}
/**
* Creates a new AtomicReference with null initial value.
*/
public AtomicReference() {
}
/**
* Gets the current value.
*
* @return the current value
*/
public final V get() {
return value;
}
/**
* Sets to the given value.
*
* @param newValue the new value
*/
public final void set(V newValue) {
value = newValue;
}
/**
* Eventually sets to the given value.
*
* @param newValue the new value
* @since 1.6
*/
public final void lazySet(V newValue) {
value = newValue;
}
/**
* Atomically sets the value to the given updated value
* if the current value {@code ==} the expected value.
* @param expect the expected value
* @param update the new value
* @return true if successful. False return indicates that
* the actual value was not equal to the expected value.
*/
public final boolean compareAndSet(V expect, V update) {
if (value == expect) {
value = update;
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
/**
* Atomically sets the value to the given updated value
* if the current value {@code ==} the expected value.
*
* May fail spuriously
* and does not provide ordering guarantees, so is only rarely an
* appropriate alternative to {@code compareAndSet}.
*
* @param expect the expected value
* @param update the new value
* @return true if successful.
*/
public final boolean weakCompareAndSet(V expect, V update) {
return compareAndSet(expect, update);
}
/**
* Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value.
*
* @param newValue the new value
* @return the previous value
*/
public final V getAndSet(V newValue) {
while (true) {
V x = get();
if (compareAndSet(x, newValue))
return x;
}
}
/**
* Returns the String representation of the current value.
* @return the String representation of the current value.
*/
public String toString() {
return String.valueOf(get());
}
}