Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

java.util.concurrent.atomic
Class AtomicReference<V>

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference<V>
Type Parameters:
V - The type of object referred to by this reference
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class AtomicReference<V>
extends Object
implements Serializable

An object reference that may be updated atomically. See the java.util.concurrent.atomic package specification for description of the properties of atomic variables.

Since:
1.5
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
AtomicReference()
          Creates a new AtomicReference with null initial value.
AtomicReference(V initialValue)
          Creates a new AtomicReference with the given initial value.
 
Method Summary
 boolean compareAndSet(V expect, V update)
          Atomically sets the value to the given updated value if the current value == the expected value.
 V get()
          Gets the current value.
 V getAndSet(V newValue)
          Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value.
 void lazySet(V newValue)
          Eventually sets to the given value.
 void set(V newValue)
          Sets to the given value.
 String toString()
          Returns the String representation of the current value.
 boolean weakCompareAndSet(V expect, V update)
          Atomically sets the value to the given updated value if the current value == the expected value.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

AtomicReference

public AtomicReference(V initialValue)
Creates a new AtomicReference with the given initial value.

Parameters:
initialValue - the initial value

AtomicReference

public AtomicReference()
Creates a new AtomicReference with null initial value.

Method Detail

get

public final V get()
Gets the current value.

Returns:
the current value

set

public final void set(V newValue)
Sets to the given value.

Parameters:
newValue - the new value

lazySet

public final void lazySet(V newValue)
Eventually sets to the given value.

Parameters:
newValue - the new value
Since:
1.6

compareAndSet

public final boolean compareAndSet(V expect,
                                   V update)
Atomically sets the value to the given updated value if the current value == the expected value.

Parameters:
expect - the expected value
update - the new value
Returns:
true if successful. False return indicates that the actual value was not equal to the expected value.

weakCompareAndSet

public final boolean weakCompareAndSet(V expect,
                                       V update)
Atomically sets the value to the given updated value if the current value == the expected value.

May fail spuriously and does not provide ordering guarantees, so is only rarely an appropriate alternative to compareAndSet.

Parameters:
expect - the expected value
update - the new value
Returns:
true if successful.

getAndSet

public final V getAndSet(V newValue)
Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value.

Parameters:
newValue - the new value
Returns:
the previous value

toString

public String toString()
Returns the String representation of the current value.

Overrides:
toString in class Object
Returns:
the String representation of the current value.

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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