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/*
 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
 *
 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
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package io.netty.util;

/**
 * An attribute which allows to store a value reference. It may be updated atomically and so is thread-safe.
 *
 * @param <T>   the type of the value it holds.
 */
public interface Attribute<T> {

    /**
     * Returns the key of this attribute.
     */
    AttributeKey<T> key();

    /**
     * Returns the current value, which may be {@code null}
     */
    T get();

    /**
     * Sets the value
     */
    void set(T value);

    /**
     *  Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value which may be {@code null} if non was set before.
     */
    T getAndSet(T value);

    /**
     *  Atomically sets to the given value if this {@link Attribute}'s value is {@code null}.
     *  If it was not possible to set the value as it contains a value it will just return the current value.
     */
    T setIfAbsent(T value);

    /**
     * Removes this attribute from the {@link AttributeMap} and returns the old value. Subsequent {@link #get()}
     * calls will return {@code null}.
     *
     * If you only want to return the old value and clear the {@link Attribute} while still keep it in
     * {@link AttributeMap} use {@link #getAndSet(Object)} with a value of {@code null}.
     */
    T getAndRemove();

    /**
     * Atomically sets the value to the given updated value if the current value == the expected value.
     * If it the set was successful it returns {@code true} otherwise {@code false}.
     */
    boolean compareAndSet(T oldValue, T newValue);

    /**
     * Removes this attribute from the {@link AttributeMap}. Subsequent {@link #get()} calls will return @{code null}.
     *
     * If you only want to remove the value and clear the {@link Attribute} while still keep it in
     * {@link AttributeMap} use {@link #set(Object)} with a value of {@code null}.
     */
    void remove();
}