Class VarHandle
- java.lang.Object
-
- java.lang.invoke.VarHandle
public abstract class VarHandle extends Object
A VarHandle is a dynamically strongly typed reference to a variable, or to a parametrically-defined family of variables, including static fields, non-static fields, array elements, or components of an off-heap data structure. Access to such variables is supported under various access modes, including plain read/write access, volatile read/write access, and compare-and-set.
VarHandles are immutable and have no visible state. VarHandles cannot be subclassed by the user.
A VarHandle has:
- a
variable type
T, the type of every variable referenced by this VarHandle; and - a list of
coordinate types
CT1, CT2, ..., CTn
, the types of coordinate expressions that jointly locate a variable referenced by this VarHandle.
Class
objects. The list of coordinate types may be empty. Factory methods that produce or lookup
VarHandle instances document the supported variable type and the list of coordinate types.
Each access mode is associated with one access mode method, a signature polymorphic method named for the access mode. When an access mode method is invoked on a VarHandle instance, the initial arguments to the invocation are coordinate expressions that indicate in precisely which object the variable is to be accessed. Trailing arguments to the invocation represent values of importance to the access mode. For example, the various compare-and-set or compare-and-exchange access modes require two trailing arguments for the variable's expected value and new value.
The arity and types of arguments to the invocation of an access mode method are not checked statically. Instead, each access mode method specifies an access mode type
, represented as an instance of MethodType
, that serves as a kind of method signature against which the arguments are checked dynamically. An access mode type gives formal parameter types in terms of the coordinate types of a VarHandle instance and the types for values of importance to the access mode. An access mode type also gives a return type, often in terms of the variable type of a VarHandle instance. When an access mode method is invoked on a VarHandle instance, the symbolic type descriptor at the call site, the run time types of arguments to the invocation, and the run time type of the return value, must match the types given in the access mode type. A runtime exception will be thrown if the match fails. For example, the access mode method compareAndSet(java.lang.Object...)
specifies that if its receiver is a VarHandle instance with coordinate types CT1, ..., CTn
and variable type T
, then its access mode type is (CT1 c1, ..., CTn cn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean
. Suppose that a VarHandle instance can access array elements, and that its coordinate types are String[]
and int
while its variable type is String
. The access mode type for compareAndSet
on this VarHandle instance would be (String[] c1, int c2, String expectedValue, String newValue)boolean
. Such a VarHandle instance may be produced by the array factory method
and access array elements as follows:
String[] sa = ... VarHandle avh = MethodHandles.arrayElementVarHandle(String[].class); boolean r = avh.compareAndSet(sa, 10, "expected", "new");
Access modes control atomicity and consistency properties. Plain read (get
) and write (set
) accesses are guaranteed to be bitwise atomic only for references and for primitive values of at most 32 bits, and impose no observable ordering constraints with respect to threads other than the executing thread. Opaque operations are bitwise atomic and coherently ordered with respect to accesses to the same variable. In addition to obeying Opaque properties, Acquire mode reads and their subsequent accesses are ordered after matching Release mode writes and their previous accesses. In addition to obeying Acquire and Release properties, all Volatile operations are totally ordered with respect to each other.
Access modes are grouped into the following categories:
- read access modes that get the value of a variable under specified memory ordering effects. The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group consists of the methods
get
,getVolatile
,getAcquire
,getOpaque
. - write access modes that set the value of a variable under specified memory ordering effects. The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group consists of the methods
set
,setVolatile
,setRelease
,setOpaque
. - atomic update access modes that, for example, atomically compare and set the value of a variable under specified memory ordering effects. The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group consists of the methods
compareAndSet
,weakCompareAndSetPlain
,weakCompareAndSet
,weakCompareAndSetAcquire
,weakCompareAndSetRelease
,compareAndExchangeAcquire
,compareAndExchange
,compareAndExchangeRelease
,getAndSet
,getAndSetAcquire
,getAndSetRelease
. - numeric atomic update access modes that, for example, atomically get and set with addition the value of a variable under specified memory ordering effects. The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group consists of the methods
getAndAdd
,getAndAddAcquire
,getAndAddRelease
, - bitwise atomic update access modes that, for example, atomically get and bitwise OR the value of a variable under specified memory ordering effects. The set of corresponding access mode methods belonging to this group consists of the methods
getAndBitwiseOr
,getAndBitwiseOrAcquire
,getAndBitwiseOrRelease
,getAndBitwiseAnd
,getAndBitwiseAndAcquire
,getAndBitwiseAndRelease
,getAndBitwiseXor
,getAndBitwiseXorAcquire
,getAndBitwiseXorRelease
.
Factory methods that produce or lookup
VarHandle instances document the set of access modes that are supported, which may also include documenting restrictions based on the variable type and whether a variable is read-only. If an access mode is not supported then the corresponding access mode method will on invocation throw an UnsupportedOperationException
. Factory methods should document any additional undeclared exceptions that may be thrown by access mode methods. The get
access mode is supported for all VarHandle instances and the corresponding method never throws UnsupportedOperationException
. If a VarHandle references a read-only variable (for example a final
field) then write, atomic update, numeric atomic update, and bitwise atomic update access modes are not supported and corresponding methods throw UnsupportedOperationException
. Read/write access modes (if supported), with the exception of get
and set
, provide atomic access for reference types and all primitive types. Unless stated otherwise in the documentation of a factory method, the access modes get
and set
(if supported) provide atomic access for reference types and all primitives types, with the exception of long
and double
on 32-bit platforms.
Access modes will override any memory ordering effects specified at the declaration site of a variable. For example, a VarHandle accessing a field using the get
access mode will access the field as specified by its access mode even if that field is declared volatile
. When mixed access is performed extreme care should be taken since the Java Memory Model may permit surprising results.
In addition to supporting access to variables under various access modes, a set of static methods, referred to as memory fence methods, is also provided for fine-grained control of memory ordering. The Java Language Specification permits other threads to observe operations as if they were executed in orders different than are apparent in program source code, subject to constraints arising, for example, from the use of locks, volatile
fields or VarHandles. The static methods, fullFence
, acquireFence
, releaseFence
, loadLoadFence
and storeStoreFence
, can also be used to impose constraints. Their specifications, as is the case for certain access modes, are phrased in terms of the lack of "reorderings" -- observable ordering effects that might otherwise occur if the fence was not present. More precise phrasing of the specification of access mode methods and memory fence methods may accompany future updates of the Java Language Specification.
Compiling invocation of access mode methods
A Java method call expression naming an access mode method can invoke a VarHandle from Java source code. From the viewpoint of source code, these methods can take any arguments and their polymorphic result (if expressed) can be cast to any return type. Formally this is accomplished by giving the access mode methods variable arityObject
arguments and Object
return types (if the return type is polymorphic), but they have an additional quality called signature polymorphism which connects this freedom of invocation directly to the JVM execution stack. As is usual with virtual methods, source-level calls to access mode methods compile to an invokevirtual
instruction. More unusually, the compiler must record the actual argument types, and may not perform method invocation conversions on the arguments. Instead, it must generate instructions to push them on the stack according to their own unconverted types. The VarHandle object itself will be pushed on the stack before the arguments. The compiler then generates an invokevirtual
instruction that invokes the access mode method with a symbolic type descriptor which describes the argument and return types.
To issue a complete symbolic type descriptor, the compiler must also determine the return type (if polymorphic). This is based on a cast on the method invocation expression, if there is one, or else Object
if the invocation is an expression, or else void
if the invocation is a statement. The cast may be to a primitive type (but not void
).
As a corner case, an uncasted null
argument is given a symbolic type descriptor of java.lang.Void
. The ambiguity with the type Void
is harmless, since there are no references of type Void
except the null reference.
Performing invocation of access mode methods
The first time aninvokevirtual
instruction is executed it is linked by symbolically resolving the names in the instruction and verifying that the method call is statically legal. This also holds for calls to access mode methods. In this case, the symbolic type descriptor emitted by the compiler is checked for correct syntax, and names it contains are resolved. Thus, an invokevirtual
instruction which invokes an access mode method will always link, as long as the symbolic type descriptor is syntactically well-formed and the types exist. When the invokevirtual
is executed after linking, the receiving VarHandle's access mode type is first checked by the JVM to ensure that it matches the symbolic type descriptor. If the type match fails, it means that the access mode method which the caller is invoking is not present on the individual VarHandle being invoked.
Invocation of an access mode method behaves as if an invocation of MethodHandle.invoke(java.lang.Object...)
, where the receiving method handle accepts the VarHandle instance as the leading argument. More specifically, the following, where {access-mode}
corresponds to the access mode method name:
VarHandle vh = .. R r = (R) vh.{access-mode}(p1, p2, ..., pN);behaves as if:
VarHandle vh = .. VarHandle.AccessMode am = VarHandle.AccessMode.valueFromMethodName("{access-mode}"); MethodHandle mh = MethodHandles.varHandleExactInvoker( am, vh.accessModeType(am)); R r = (R) mh.invoke(vh, p1, p2, ..., pN)(modulo access mode methods do not declare throwing of
Throwable
). This is equivalent to: MethodHandle mh = MethodHandles.lookup().findVirtual( VarHandle.class, "{access-mode}", MethodType.methodType(R, p1, p2, ..., pN)); R r = (R) mh.invokeExact(vh, p1, p2, ..., pN)where the desired method type is the symbolic type descriptor and a
MethodHandle.invokeExact(java.lang.Object...)
is performed, since before invocation of the target, the handle will apply reference casts as necessary and box, unbox, or widen primitive values, as if by asType
(see also MethodHandles.varHandleInvoker(java.lang.invoke.VarHandle.AccessMode, java.lang.invoke.MethodType)
). More concisely, such behaviour is equivalent to: VarHandle vh = .. VarHandle.AccessMode am = VarHandle.AccessMode.valueFromMethodName("{access-mode}"); MethodHandle mh = vh.toMethodHandle(am); R r = (R) mh.invoke(p1, p2, ..., pN)Where, in this case, the method handle is bound to the VarHandle instance.
Invocation checking
In typical programs, VarHandle access mode type matching will usually succeed. But if a match fails, the JVM will throw aWrongMethodTypeException
. Thus, an access mode type mismatch which might show up as a linkage error in a statically typed program can show up as a dynamic WrongMethodTypeException
in a program which uses VarHandles.
Because access mode types contain "live" Class
objects, method type matching takes into account both type names and class loaders. Thus, even if a VarHandle VH
is created in one class loader L1
and used in another L2
, VarHandle access mode method calls are type-safe, because the caller's symbolic type descriptor, as resolved in L2
, is matched against the original callee method's symbolic type descriptor, as resolved in L1
. The resolution in L1
happens when VH
is created and its access mode types are assigned, while the resolution in L2
happens when the invokevirtual
instruction is linked.
Apart from type descriptor checks, a VarHandles's capability to access it's variables is unrestricted. If a VarHandle is formed on a non-public variable by a class that has access to that variable, the resulting VarHandle can be used in any place by any caller who receives a reference to it.
Unlike with the Core Reflection API, where access is checked every time a reflective method is invoked, VarHandle access checking is performed when the VarHandle is created. Thus, VarHandles to non-public variables, or to variables in non-public classes, should generally be kept secret. They should not be passed to untrusted code unless their use from the untrusted code would be harmless.
VarHandle creation
Java code can create a VarHandle that directly accesses any field that is accessible to that code. This is done via a reflective, capability-based API calledMethodHandles.Lookup
. For example, a VarHandle for a non-static field can be obtained from Lookup.findVarHandle
. There is also a conversion method from Core Reflection API objects, Lookup.unreflectVarHandle
. Access to protected field members is restricted to receivers only of the accessing class, or one of its subclasses, and the accessing class must in turn be a subclass (or package sibling) of the protected member's defining class. If a VarHandle refers to a protected non-static field of a declaring class outside the current package, the receiver argument will be narrowed to the type of the accessing class.
Interoperation between VarHandles and the Core Reflection API
Using factory methods in theLookup
API, any field represented by a Core Reflection API object can be converted to a behaviorally equivalent VarHandle. For example, a reflective Field
can be converted to a VarHandle using Lookup.unreflectVarHandle
. The resulting VarHandles generally provide more direct and efficient access to the underlying fields. As a special case, when the Core Reflection API is used to view the signature polymorphic access mode methods in this class, they appear as ordinary non-polymorphic methods. Their reflective appearance, as viewed by Class.getDeclaredMethod
, is unaffected by their special status in this API. For example, Method.getModifiers
will report exactly those modifier bits required for any similarly declared method, including in this case native
and varargs
bits.
As with any reflected method, these methods (when reflected) may be invoked directly via java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke
, via JNI, or indirectly via Lookup.unreflect
. However, such reflective calls do not result in access mode method invocations. Such a call, if passed the required argument (a single one, of type Object[]
), will ignore the argument and will throw an UnsupportedOperationException
.
Since invokevirtual
instructions can natively invoke VarHandle access mode methods under any symbolic type descriptor, this reflective view conflicts with the normal presentation of these methods via bytecodes. Thus, these native methods, when reflectively viewed by Class.getDeclaredMethod
, may be regarded as placeholders only.
In order to obtain an invoker method for a particular access mode type, use MethodHandles.varHandleExactInvoker(java.lang.invoke.VarHandle.AccessMode, java.lang.invoke.MethodType)
or MethodHandles.varHandleInvoker(java.lang.invoke.VarHandle.AccessMode, java.lang.invoke.MethodType)
. The Lookup.findVirtual
API is also able to return a method handle to call an access mode method for any specified access mode type and is equivalent in behaviour to MethodHandles.varHandleInvoker(java.lang.invoke.VarHandle.AccessMode, java.lang.invoke.MethodType)
.
Interoperation between VarHandles and Java generics
A VarHandle can be obtained for a variable, such as a field, which is declared with Java generic types. As with the Core Reflection API, the VarHandle's variable type will be constructed from the erasure of the source-level type. When a VarHandle access mode method is invoked, the types of its arguments or the return value cast type may be generic types or type instances. If this occurs, the compiler will replace those types by their erasures when it constructs the symbolic type descriptor for theinvokevirtual
instruction.- Since:
- 9
- See Also:
-
MethodHandle
,MethodHandles
,MethodType
Nested Class Summary
Modifier and Type | Class | Description |
---|---|---|
static class | VarHandle.AccessMode | The set of access modes that specify how a variable, referenced by a VarHandle, is accessed. |
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
MethodType | accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode accessMode) | Obtains the access mode type for this VarHandle and a given access mode. |
static void | acquireFence() | Ensures that loads before the fence will not be reordered with loads and stores after the fence. |
Object | compareAndExchange(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
Object | compareAndExchangeAcquire(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
Object | compareAndExchangeRelease(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
boolean | compareAndSet(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
List<Class<?>> | coordinateTypes() | Returns the coordinate types for this VarHandle. |
static void | fullFence() | Ensures that loads and stores before the fence will not be reordered with loads and stores after the fence. |
Object | get(Object... args) | Returns the value of a variable, with memory semantics of reading as if the variable was declared non- |
Object | getAcquire(Object... args) | Returns the value of a variable, and ensures that subsequent loads and stores are not reordered before this access. |
Object | getAndAdd(Object... args) | Atomically adds the |
Object | getAndAddAcquire(Object... args) | Atomically adds the |
Object | getAndAddRelease(Object... args) | Atomically adds the |
Object | getAndBitwiseAnd(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise AND between the variable's current value and the |
Object | getAndBitwiseAndAcquire(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise AND between the variable's current value and the |
Object | getAndBitwiseAndRelease(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise AND between the variable's current value and the |
Object | getAndBitwiseOr(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise OR between the variable's current value and the |
Object | getAndBitwiseOrAcquire(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise OR between the variable's current value and the |
Object | getAndBitwiseOrRelease(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise OR between the variable's current value and the |
Object | getAndBitwiseXor(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise XOR between the variable's current value and the |
Object | getAndBitwiseXorAcquire(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise XOR between the variable's current value and the |
Object | getAndBitwiseXorRelease(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise XOR between the variable's current value and the |
Object | getAndSet(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
Object | getAndSetAcquire(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
Object | getAndSetRelease(Object... args) | Atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
Object | getOpaque(Object... args) | Returns the value of a variable, accessed in program order, but with no assurance of memory ordering effects with respect to other threads. |
Object | getVolatile(Object... args) | Returns the value of a variable, with memory semantics of reading as if the variable was declared |
boolean | isAccessModeSupported(VarHandle.AccessMode accessMode) | Returns |
static void | loadLoadFence() | Ensures that loads before the fence will not be reordered with loads after the fence. |
static void | releaseFence() | Ensures that loads and stores before the fence will not be reordered with stores after the fence. |
void | set(Object... args) | Sets the value of a variable to the |
void | setOpaque(Object... args) | Sets the value of a variable to the |
void | setRelease(Object... args) | Sets the value of a variable to the |
void | setVolatile(Object... args) | Sets the value of a variable to the |
static void | storeStoreFence() | Ensures that stores before the fence will not be reordered with stores after the fence. |
MethodHandle | toMethodHandle(VarHandle.AccessMode accessMode) | Obtains a method handle bound to this VarHandle and the given access mode. |
Class<?> | varType() | Returns the variable type of variables referenced by this VarHandle. |
boolean | weakCompareAndSet(Object... args) | Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
boolean | weakCompareAndSetAcquire(Object... args) | Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
boolean | weakCompareAndSetPlain(Object... args) | Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
boolean | weakCompareAndSetRelease(Object... args) | Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the |
Methods declared in class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
Method Detail
get
public final Object get(Object... args)
Returns the value of a variable, with memory semantics of reading as if the variable was declared non-volatile
. Commonly referred to as plain read access.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of get
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET)
on this VarHandle.
This access mode is supported by all VarHandle instances and never throws UnsupportedOperationException
.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
set
public final void set(Object... args)
Sets the value of a variable to the newValue
, with memory semantics of setting as if the variable was declared non-volatile
and non-final
. Commonly referred to as plain write access.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)void
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of set
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.SET)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
getVolatile
public final Object getVolatile(Object... args)
Returns the value of a variable, with memory semantics of reading as if the variable was declared volatile
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getVolatile
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_VOLATILE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
setVolatile
public final void setVolatile(Object... args)
Sets the value of a variable to the newValue
, with memory semantics of setting as if the variable was declared volatile
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)void
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of setVolatile
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.SET_VOLATILE)
on this VarHandle.
- API Note:
- Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this method has memory ordering effects compatible with
memory_order_seq_cst
. - Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
getOpaque
public final Object getOpaque(Object... args)
Returns the value of a variable, accessed in program order, but with no assurance of memory ordering effects with respect to other threads.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getOpaque
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_OPAQUE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
setOpaque
public final void setOpaque(Object... args)
Sets the value of a variable to the newValue
, in program order, but with no assurance of memory ordering effects with respect to other threads.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)void
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of setOpaque
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.SET_OPAQUE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
getAcquire
public final Object getAcquire(Object... args)
Returns the value of a variable, and ensures that subsequent loads and stores are not reordered before this access.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAcquire
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_ACQUIRE)
on this VarHandle.
- API Note:
- Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this method has memory ordering effects compatible with
memory_order_acquire
ordering. - Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
setRelease
public final void setRelease(Object... args)
Sets the value of a variable to the newValue
, and ensures that prior loads and stores are not reordered after this access.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)void
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of setRelease
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.SET_RELEASE)
on this VarHandle.
- API Note:
- Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this method has memory ordering effects compatible with
memory_order_release
ordering. - Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails.
compareAndSet
public final boolean compareAndSet(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the memory semantics of setVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
if the variable's current value, referred to as the witness value, ==
the expectedValue
, as accessed with the memory semantics of getVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of
compareAndSet
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.COMPARE_AND_SET)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
-
true
if successful, otherwisefalse
if the witness value was not the same as theexpectedValue
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
compareAndExchange
public final Object compareAndExchange(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the memory semantics of setVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
if the variable's current value, referred to as the witness value, ==
the expectedValue
, as accessed with the memory semantics of getVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of
compareAndExchange
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the witness value, which will be the same as the
expectedValue
if successful , statically represented usingObject
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type is not compatible with the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type is compatible with the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
compareAndExchangeAcquire
public final Object compareAndExchangeAcquire(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the memory semantics of set(java.lang.Object...)
if the variable's current value, referred to as the witness value, ==
the expectedValue
, as accessed with the memory semantics of getAcquire(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of
compareAndExchangeAcquire
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE_ACQUIRE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the witness value, which will be the same as the
expectedValue
if successful , statically represented usingObject
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
set(Object...)
,getAcquire(Object...)
compareAndExchangeRelease
public final Object compareAndExchangeRelease(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the memory semantics of setRelease(java.lang.Object...)
if the variable's current value, referred to as the witness value, ==
the expectedValue
, as accessed with the memory semantics of get(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of
compareAndExchangeRelease
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE_RELEASE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the witness value, which will be the same as the
expectedValue
if successful , statically represented usingObject
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setRelease(Object...)
,get(Object...)
weakCompareAndSetPlain
public final boolean weakCompareAndSetPlain(Object... args)
Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the semantics of set(java.lang.Object...)
if the variable's current value, referred to as the witness value, ==
the expectedValue
, as accessed with the memory semantics of get(java.lang.Object...)
.
This operation may fail spuriously (typically, due to memory contention) even if the witness value does match the expected value.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of
weakCompareAndSetPlain
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET_PLAIN)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
-
true
if successful, otherwisefalse
if the witness value was not the same as theexpectedValue
or if this operation spuriously failed. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
set(Object...)
,get(Object...)
weakCompareAndSet
public final boolean weakCompareAndSet(Object... args)
Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the memory semantics of setVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
if the variable's current value, referred to as the witness value, ==
the expectedValue
, as accessed with the memory semantics of getVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
.
This operation may fail spuriously (typically, due to memory contention) even if the witness value does match the expected value.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of
weakCompareAndSet
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
-
true
if successful, otherwisefalse
if the witness value was not the same as theexpectedValue
or if this operation spuriously failed. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
weakCompareAndSetAcquire
public final boolean weakCompareAndSetAcquire(Object... args)
Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the semantics of set(java.lang.Object...)
if the variable's current value, referred to as the witness value, ==
the expectedValue
, as accessed with the memory semantics of getAcquire(java.lang.Object...)
.
This operation may fail spuriously (typically, due to memory contention) even if the witness value does match the expected value.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of
weakCompareAndSetAcquire
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET_ACQUIRE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
-
true
if successful, otherwisefalse
if the witness value was not the same as theexpectedValue
or if this operation spuriously failed. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
set(Object...)
,getAcquire(Object...)
weakCompareAndSetRelease
public final boolean weakCompareAndSetRelease(Object... args)
Possibly atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the semantics of setRelease(java.lang.Object...)
if the variable's current value, referred to as the witness value, ==
the expectedValue
, as accessed with the memory semantics of get(java.lang.Object...)
.
This operation may fail spuriously (typically, due to memory contention) even if the witness value does match the expected value.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)boolean
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of
weakCompareAndSetRelease
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.WEAK_COMPARE_AND_SET_RELEASE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T expectedValue, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
-
true
if successful, otherwisefalse
if the witness value was not the same as theexpectedValue
or if this operation spuriously failed. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setRelease(Object...)
,get(Object...)
getAndSet
public final Object getAndSet(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the memory semantics of setVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndSet
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_SET)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
getAndSetAcquire
public final Object getAndSetAcquire(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the memory semantics of set(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getAcquire(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndSetAcquire
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_SET_ACQUIRE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
getAndSetRelease
public final Object getAndSetRelease(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the newValue
with the memory semantics of setRelease(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of get(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndSetRelease
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_SET_RELEASE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T newValue)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
getAndAdd
public final Object getAndAdd(Object... args)
Atomically adds the value
to the current value of a variable with the memory semantics of setVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
, and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndAdd
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_ADD)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
getAndAddAcquire
public final Object getAndAddAcquire(Object... args)
Atomically adds the value
to the current value of a variable with the memory semantics of set(java.lang.Object...)
, and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getAcquire(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndAddAcquire
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_ADD_ACQUIRE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
getAndAddRelease
public final Object getAndAddRelease(Object... args)
Atomically adds the value
to the current value of a variable with the memory semantics of setRelease(java.lang.Object...)
, and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of get(java.lang.Object...)
.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndAddRelease
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_ADD_RELEASE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T value)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
getAndBitwiseOr
public final Object getAndBitwiseOr(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise OR between the variable's current value and the mask
with the memory semantics of setVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
.
If the variable type is the non-integral boolean
type then a logical OR is performed instead of a bitwise OR.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndBitwiseOr
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_OR)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
getAndBitwiseOrAcquire
public final Object getAndBitwiseOrAcquire(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise OR between the variable's current value and the mask
with the memory semantics of set(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getAcquire(java.lang.Object...)
.
If the variable type is the non-integral boolean
type then a logical OR is performed instead of a bitwise OR.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndBitwiseOrAcquire
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_OR_ACQUIRE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
set(Object...)
,getAcquire(Object...)
getAndBitwiseOrRelease
public final Object getAndBitwiseOrRelease(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise OR between the variable's current value and the mask
with the memory semantics of setRelease(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of get(java.lang.Object...)
.
If the variable type is the non-integral boolean
type then a logical OR is performed instead of a bitwise OR.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndBitwiseOrRelease
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_OR_RELEASE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setRelease(Object...)
,get(Object...)
getAndBitwiseAnd
public final Object getAndBitwiseAnd(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise AND between the variable's current value and the mask
with the memory semantics of setVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
.
If the variable type is the non-integral boolean
type then a logical AND is performed instead of a bitwise AND.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndBitwiseAnd
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_AND)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
getAndBitwiseAndAcquire
public final Object getAndBitwiseAndAcquire(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise AND between the variable's current value and the mask
with the memory semantics of set(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getAcquire(java.lang.Object...)
.
If the variable type is the non-integral boolean
type then a logical AND is performed instead of a bitwise AND.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndBitwiseAndAcquire
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_AND_ACQUIRE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
set(Object...)
,getAcquire(Object...)
getAndBitwiseAndRelease
public final Object getAndBitwiseAndRelease(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise AND between the variable's current value and the mask
with the memory semantics of setRelease(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of get(java.lang.Object...)
.
If the variable type is the non-integral boolean
type then a logical AND is performed instead of a bitwise AND.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndBitwiseAndRelease
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_AND_RELEASE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setRelease(Object...)
,get(Object...)
getAndBitwiseXor
public final Object getAndBitwiseXor(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise XOR between the variable's current value and the mask
with the memory semantics of setVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getVolatile(java.lang.Object...)
.
If the variable type is the non-integral boolean
type then a logical XOR is performed instead of a bitwise XOR.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndBitwiseXor
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_XOR)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setVolatile(Object...)
,getVolatile(Object...)
getAndBitwiseXorAcquire
public final Object getAndBitwiseXorAcquire(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise XOR between the variable's current value and the mask
with the memory semantics of set(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of getAcquire(java.lang.Object...)
.
If the variable type is the non-integral boolean
type then a logical XOR is performed instead of a bitwise XOR.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndBitwiseXorAcquire
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_XOR_ACQUIRE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
set(Object...)
,getAcquire(Object...)
getAndBitwiseXorRelease
public final Object getAndBitwiseXorRelease(Object... args)
Atomically sets the value of a variable to the result of bitwise XOR between the variable's current value and the mask
with the memory semantics of setRelease(java.lang.Object...)
and returns the variable's previous value, as accessed with the memory semantics of get(java.lang.Object...)
.
If the variable type is the non-integral boolean
type then a logical XOR is performed instead of a bitwise XOR.
The method signature is of the form (CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)T
.
The symbolic type descriptor at the call site of getAndBitwiseXorRelease
must match the access mode type that is the result of calling accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.GET_AND_BITWISE_XOR_RELEASE)
on this VarHandle.
- Parameters:
-
args
- the signature-polymorphic parameter list of the form(CT1 ct1, ..., CTn ctn, T mask)
, statically represented using varargs. - Returns:
- the signature-polymorphic result that is the previous value of the variable , statically represented using
Object
. - Throws:
-
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the access mode is unsupported for this VarHandle. -
WrongMethodTypeException
- if the access mode type does not match the caller's symbolic type descriptor. -
ClassCastException
- if the access mode type matches the caller's symbolic type descriptor, but a reference cast fails. - See Also:
-
setRelease(Object...)
,get(Object...)
varType
public final Class<?> varType()
Returns the variable type of variables referenced by this VarHandle.
- Returns:
- the variable type of variables referenced by this VarHandle
coordinateTypes
public final List<Class<?>> coordinateTypes()
Returns the coordinate types for this VarHandle.
- Returns:
- the coordinate types for this VarHandle. The returned list is unmodifiable
accessModeType
public final MethodType accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode accessMode)
Obtains the access mode type for this VarHandle and a given access mode.
The access mode type's parameter types will consist of a prefix that is the coordinate types of this VarHandle followed by further types as defined by the access mode method. The access mode type's return type is defined by the return type of the access mode method.
- Parameters:
-
accessMode
- the access mode, corresponding to the signature-polymorphic method of the same name - Returns:
- the access mode type for the given access mode
isAccessModeSupported
public final boolean isAccessModeSupported(VarHandle.AccessMode accessMode)
Returns true
if the given access mode is supported, otherwise false
.
The return of a false
value for a given access mode indicates that an UnsupportedOperationException
is thrown on invocation of the corresponding access mode method.
- Parameters:
-
accessMode
- the access mode, corresponding to the signature-polymorphic method of the same name - Returns:
-
true
if the given access mode is supported, otherwisefalse
.
toMethodHandle
public final MethodHandle toMethodHandle(VarHandle.AccessMode accessMode)
Obtains a method handle bound to this VarHandle and the given access mode.
- API Note:
- This method, for a VarHandle
vh
and access mode{access-mode}
, returns a method handle that is equivalent to method handlebmh
in the following code (though it may be more efficient):MethodHandle mh = MethodHandles.varHandleExactInvoker( vh.accessModeType(VarHandle.AccessMode.{access-mode})); MethodHandle bmh = mh.bindTo(vh);
- Parameters:
-
accessMode
- the access mode, corresponding to the signature-polymorphic method of the same name - Returns:
- a method handle bound to this VarHandle and the given access mode
fullFence
public static void fullFence()
Ensures that loads and stores before the fence will not be reordered with loads and stores after the fence.
- API Note:
- Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this method has memory ordering effects compatible with
atomic_thread_fence(memory_order_seq_cst)
acquireFence
public static void acquireFence()
Ensures that loads before the fence will not be reordered with loads and stores after the fence.
- API Note:
- Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this method has memory ordering effects compatible with
atomic_thread_fence(memory_order_acquire)
releaseFence
public static void releaseFence()
Ensures that loads and stores before the fence will not be reordered with stores after the fence.
- API Note:
- Ignoring the many semantic differences from C and C++, this method has memory ordering effects compatible with
atomic_thread_fence(memory_order_release)
loadLoadFence
public static void loadLoadFence()
Ensures that loads before the fence will not be reordered with loads after the fence.
storeStoreFence
public static void storeStoreFence()
Ensures that stores before the fence will not be reordered with stores after the fence.