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rippled/modules/beast_basics/memory/beast_AtomicPointer.h
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/*
This file is part of Beast: https://github.com/vinniefalco/Beast
Copyright 2013, Vinnie Falco <vinnie.falco@gmail.com>
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OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
*/
//==============================================================================
#ifndef BEAST_ATOMICPOINTER_BEASTHEADER
#define BEAST_ATOMICPOINTER_BEASTHEADER
/*============================================================================*/
/**
A thread safe pointer.
This provides a simplified interface to an atomic pointer suitable
for building containers or composite classes. Operator overloads
allow access to the underlying pointer using natural C++ syntax.
@ingroup beast_core
*/
template <class P>
class AtomicPointer
{
public:
/** Create a pointer.
@param initialValue An optional starting value (default is null).
*/
explicit AtomicPointer (P* const initialValue = nullptr) noexcept
:
m_value (initialValue)
{
}
/** Retrieve the pointer value */
inline P* get () const noexcept
{
return m_value.get ();
}
/** Obtain a pointer to P through type conversion.
The caller must synchronize access to P.
@return A pointer to P.
*/
inline operator P* () const noexcept
{
return get ();
}
/** Dereference operator
The caller must synchronize access to P.
@return A reference to P.
*/
inline P& operator* () const noexcept
{
return &get ();
}
/** Member selection
The caller must synchronize access to P.
@return A pointer to P.
*/
inline P* operator-> () const noexcept
{
return get ();
}
inline void set (P* p)
{
m_value.set (p);
}
/** Atomically assign a new pointer
@param newValue The new value to assign.
*/
inline void operator= (P* newValue) noexcept
{
set (newValue);
}
/** Atomically assign a new pointer and return the old value.
@param newValue The new value to assign.
@return The previous value.
*/
inline P* exchange (P* newValue)
{
return m_value.exchange (newValue);
}
/** Conditionally perform an atomic assignment.
The current value is compared with oldValue and atomically
set to newValue if the comparison is equal.
The caller is responsible for handling the ABA problem.
@param newValue The new value to assign.
@param oldValue The matching old value.
@return true if the assignment was performed.
*/
inline bool compareAndSet (P* newValue, P* oldValue)
{
return m_value.compareAndSetBool (newValue, oldValue);
}
private:
Atomic <P*> m_value;
};
#endif