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 * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
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package java.util.concurrent.atomic;
import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
import sun.misc.Unsafe;

/**
 * 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 <V> The type of object referred to by this reference
 */
public class AtomicReference<V> implements java.io.Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1848883965231344442L;

    private static final Unsafe unsafe = Unsafe.getUnsafe();
    private static final long valueOffset;

    static {
        try {
            valueOffset = unsafe.objectFieldOffset
                (AtomicReference.class.getDeclaredField("value"));
        } catch (Exception ex) { throw new Error(ex); }
    }

    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) {
        unsafe.putOrderedObject(this, valueOffset, 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 {@code 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) {
        return unsafe.compareAndSwapObject(this, valueOffset, expect, update);
    }

    /**
     * Atomically sets the value to the given updated value
     * if the current value {@code ==} the expected value.
     *
     * <p>May fail
     * spuriously and does not provide ordering guarantees</a>, so is
     * only rarely an appropriate alternative to {@code compareAndSet}.
     *
     * @param expect the expected value
     * @param update the new value
     * @return {@code true} if successful
     */
    public final boolean weakCompareAndSet(V expect, V update) {
        return unsafe.compareAndSwapObject(this, valueOffset, expect, update);
    }

    /**
     * Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value.
     *
     * @param newValue the new value
     * @return the previous value
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public final V getAndSet(V newValue) {
        return (V)unsafe.getAndSetObject(this, valueOffset, newValue);
    }

    /**
     * Atomically updates the current value with the results of
     * applying the given function, returning the previous value. The
     * function should be side-effect-free, since it may be re-applied
     * when attempted updates fail due to contention among threads.
     *
     * @param updateFunction a side-effect-free function
     * @return the previous value
     * @since 1.8
     */
    public final V getAndUpdate(UnaryOperator<V> updateFunction) {
        V prev, next;
        do {
            prev = get();
            next = updateFunction.apply(prev);
        } while (!compareAndSet(prev, next));
        return prev;
    }

    /**
     * Atomically updates the current value with the results of
     * applying the given function, returning the updated value. The
     * function should be side-effect-free, since it may be re-applied
     * when attempted updates fail due to contention among threads.
     *
     * @param updateFunction a side-effect-free function
     * @return the updated value
     * @since 1.8
     */
    public final V updateAndGet(UnaryOperator<V> updateFunction) {
        V prev, next;
        do {
            prev = get();
            next = updateFunction.apply(prev);
        } while (!compareAndSet(prev, next));
        return next;
    }

    /**
     * Atomically updates the current value with the results of
     * applying the given function to the current and given values,
     * returning the previous value. The function should be
     * side-effect-free, since it may be re-applied when attempted
     * updates fail due to contention among threads.  The function
     * is applied with the current value as its first argument,
     * and the given update as the second argument.
     *
     * @param x the update value
     * @param accumulatorFunction a side-effect-free function of two arguments
     * @return the previous value
     * @since 1.8
     */
    public final V getAndAccumulate(V x,
                                    BinaryOperator<V> accumulatorFunction) {
        V prev, next;
        do {
            prev = get();
            next = accumulatorFunction.apply(prev, x);
        } while (!compareAndSet(prev, next));
        return prev;
    }

    /**
     * Atomically updates the current value with the results of
     * applying the given function to the current and given values,
     * returning the updated value. The function should be
     * side-effect-free, since it may be re-applied when attempted
     * updates fail due to contention among threads.  The function
     * is applied with the current value as its first argument,
     * and the given update as the second argument.
     *
     * @param x the update value
     * @param accumulatorFunction a side-effect-free function of two arguments
     * @return the updated value
     * @since 1.8
     */
    public final V accumulateAndGet(V x,
                                    BinaryOperator<V> accumulatorFunction) {
        V prev, next;
        do {
            prev = get();
            next = accumulatorFunction.apply(prev, x);
        } while (!compareAndSet(prev, next));
        return next;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the String representation of the current value.
     * @return the String representation of the current value
     */
    public String toString() {
        return String.valueOf(get());
    }

}