Class: Concurrent::AtomicReference

Inherits:

AtomicReferenceImplementation

• Object
• Concurrent::AtomicReference

Defined in:

lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb

Overview

An object reference that may be updated atomically. All read and write operations have java volatile semantic.

## Thread-safe Variable Classes

Each of the thread-safe variable classes is designed to solve a different problem. In general:

• *Agent:* Shared, mutable variable providing independent, uncoordinated, asynchronous change of individual values. Best used when the value will undergo frequent, complex updates. Suitable when the result of an update does not need to be known immediately.

• *Atom:* Shared, mutable variable providing independent, uncoordinated, synchronous change of individual values. Best used when the value will undergo frequent reads but only occasional, though complex, updates. Suitable when the result of an update must be known immediately.

• *AtomicReference:* A simple object reference that can be updated atomically. Updates are synchronous but fast. Best used when updates a simple set operations. Not suitable when updates are complex. AtomicBoolean and AtomicFixnum are similar but optimized for the given data type.

• *Exchanger:* Shared, stateless synchronization point. Used when two or more threads need to exchange data. The threads will pair then block on each other until the exchange is complete.

• *MVar:* Shared synchronization point. Used when one thread must give a value to another, which must take the value. The threads will block on each other until the exchange is complete.

• *ThreadLocalVar:* Shared, mutable, isolated variable which holds a different value for each thread which has access. Often used as an instance variable in objects which must maintain different state for different threads.

• *TVar:* Shared, mutable variables which provide coordinated, synchronous, change of many stated. Used when multiple value must change together, in an all-or-nothing transaction.

See Also:

• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/atomic/AtomicReference.html
• http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/atomic/package-summary.html

Instance Method Summary

• #compare_and_set(old_value, new_value) ⇒ Boolean

  Atomically sets the value to the given updated value if the current value == the expected value.

• #get ⇒ Object

  Gets the current value.

• #get_and_set(new_value) ⇒ Object

  Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value.

• #initialize(value = nil) ⇒ Object constructor
• #set(new_value) ⇒ Object

  Sets to the given value.

• #to_s ⇒ String (also: #inspect)

  Short string representation.

• #try_update {|Object| ... } ⇒ Object

  Pass the current value to the given block, replacing it with the block’s result.

• #try_update! {|Object| ... } ⇒ Object

  Pass the current value to the given block, replacing it with the block’s result.

• #update {|Object| ... } ⇒ Object

  Pass the current value to the given block, replacing it with the block’s result.

Constructor Details

#initialize(value = nil) ⇒ Object

Parameters:

• value (Object) (defaults to: nil) —

  The initial value.

# File 'lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb', line 196

class AtomicReference < AtomicReferenceImplementation

  # @return [String] Short string representation.
  def to_s
    format '%s value:%s>', super[0..-2], get
  end

  alias_method :inspect, :to_s
end

Instance Method Details

#compare_and_set(old_value, new_value) ⇒ Boolean

Atomically sets the value to the given updated value if the current value == the expected value.

that the actual value was not equal to the expected value.

Parameters:

• old_value (Object) —

  the expected value

• new_value (Object) —

  the new value

Returns:

• (Boolean) —

  ‘true` if successful. A `false` return indicates

# File 'lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb', line 196

class AtomicReference < AtomicReferenceImplementation

  # @return [String] Short string representation.
  def to_s
    format '%s value:%s>', super[0..-2], get
  end

  alias_method :inspect, :to_s
end

#get ⇒ Object

Gets the current value.

Returns:

• (Object) —

  the current value

# File 'lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb', line 196

class AtomicReference < AtomicReferenceImplementation

  # @return [String] Short string representation.
  def to_s
    format '%s value:%s>', super[0..-2], get
  end

  alias_method :inspect, :to_s
end

#get_and_set(new_value) ⇒ Object

Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value.

Parameters:

• new_value (Object) —

  the new value

Returns:

• (Object) —

  the old value

# File 'lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb', line 196

class AtomicReference < AtomicReferenceImplementation

  # @return [String] Short string representation.
  def to_s
    format '%s value:%s>', super[0..-2], get
  end

  alias_method :inspect, :to_s
end

#set(new_value) ⇒ Object

Sets to the given value.

Parameters:

• new_value (Object) —

  the new value

Returns:

• (Object) —

  the new value

# File 'lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb', line 196

class AtomicReference < AtomicReferenceImplementation

  # @return [String] Short string representation.
  def to_s
    format '%s value:%s>', super[0..-2], get
  end

  alias_method :inspect, :to_s
end

#to_s ⇒ String Also known as: inspect

Returns Short string representation.

Returns:

• (String) —

  Short string representation.

# File 'lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb', line 199

def to_s
  format '%s value:%s>', super[0..-2], get
end

#try_update {|Object| ... } ⇒ Object

Note:

This method was altered to avoid raising an exception by default. Instead, this method now returns ‘nil` in case of failure. For more info, please see: github.com/ruby-concurrency/concurrent-ruby/pull/336

Pass the current value to the given block, replacing it with the block’s result. Return nil if the update fails.

Yields:

• (Object) —

  Calculate a new value for the atomic reference using given (old) value

Yield Parameters:

• old_value (Object) —

  the starting value of the atomic reference

Returns:

• (Object) —

  the new value, or nil if update failed

# File 'lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb', line 196

class AtomicReference < AtomicReferenceImplementation

  # @return [String] Short string representation.
  def to_s
    format '%s value:%s>', super[0..-2], get
  end

  alias_method :inspect, :to_s
end

#try_update! {|Object| ... } ⇒ Object

Note:

This behavior mimics the behavior of the original ‘AtomicReference#try_update` API. The reason this was changed was to avoid raising exceptions (which are inherently slow) by default. For more info: github.com/ruby-concurrency/concurrent-ruby/pull/336

Pass the current value to the given block, replacing it with the block’s result. Raise an exception if the update fails.

Yields:

• (Object) —

  Calculate a new value for the atomic reference using given (old) value

Yield Parameters:

• old_value (Object) —

  the starting value of the atomic reference

Returns:

• (Object) —

  the new value

Raises:

• (Concurrent::ConcurrentUpdateError) —

  if the update fails

# File 'lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb', line 196

class AtomicReference < AtomicReferenceImplementation

  # @return [String] Short string representation.
  def to_s
    format '%s value:%s>', super[0..-2], get
  end

  alias_method :inspect, :to_s
end

#update {|Object| ... } ⇒ Object

Pass the current value to the given block, replacing it with the block’s result. May retry if the value changes during the block’s execution.

Yields:

• (Object) —

  Calculate a new value for the atomic reference using given (old) value

Yield Parameters:

• old_value (Object) —

  the starting value of the atomic reference

Returns:

• (Object) —

  the new value

# File 'lib/concurrent-ruby/concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference.rb', line 196

class AtomicReference < AtomicReferenceImplementation

  # @return [String] Short string representation.
  def to_s
    format '%s value:%s>', super[0..-2], get
  end

  alias_method :inspect, :to_s
end