kotlin-stdlib/kotlin.native.concurrent/AtomicReference

AtomicReference

class AtomicReference<T>(source)

An atomic reference to a frozen Kotlin object. Can be used in concurrent scenarious but frequently shall be of nullable type and be zeroed out once no longer needed. Otherwise memory leak could happen. To detect such leaks kotlin.native.internal.GC.detectCycles in debug mode could be helpful.

Since Kotlin

1.3

Constructors

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constructor(value: T)

Creates a new atomic reference pointing to given ref.

Properties

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var value: T

The referenced value. Gets the value or sets the new value. If new value is not null, it must be frozen or permanent object.

Since Kotlin 1.3

Functions

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external fun compareAndSet(expected: T, new: T): Boolean

Compares value with expected and replaces it with new value if values matches. Note that comparison is identity-based, not value-based.

Since Kotlin 1.3
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external fun compareAndSwap(expected: T, new: T): T

Compares value with expected and replaces it with new value if values matches. Note that comparison is identity-based, not value-based. If new value is not null, it must be frozen or permanent object.

Since Kotlin 1.3
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open override fun toString(): String

Returns the string representation of this object.

Since Kotlin 1.3