Struct Atomic<T>

Provides atomic access to non-primitive data type.

Implements

IStrongBox

ICloneable

Inherited Members

ValueType.Equals(Object)

ValueType.GetHashCode()

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.GetType()

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Namespace: DotNext.Threading

Assembly: DotNext.dll

Syntax

public struct Atomic<T> : IStrongBox, ICloneable where T : struct

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the value to be accessible in atomic manner.

Remarks

Synchronized methods can be declared in classes only. If you don't need to have extra heap allocation to keep synchronization root in the form of the object or you need to have volatile field inside of value type then Atomic<T> is the best choice. Its performance is better than synchronized methods according with benchmarks.

Properties

Value

Gets or sets value atomically.

Declaration

public T Value { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
T

Remarks

To achieve best performance it is recommended to use Read(out T) and Write(T) methods because they don't cause extra allocation of stack memory for passing value.

Methods

AccumulateAndGet(T, Atomic<T>.Accumulator, out T)

Atomically updates the stored value with the results of applying the given function to the current and given values, returning the original value.

Declaration

public void AccumulateAndGet(in T x, Atomic<T>.Accumulator accumulator, out T result)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	x	Accumulator operand.
Atomic.Accumulator<>	accumulator	A side-effect-free function of two arguments.
T	result	The updated value.

Remarks

The function is applied with the current value as its first argument, and the given update as the second argument.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	accumulator is null.

Clone()

Clones this container atomically.

Declaration

public Atomic<T> Clone()

Returns

Type	Description
Atomic<T>	The cloned container.

CompareAndSet(T, T)

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

Declaration

public bool CompareAndSet(in T expected, in T update)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	expected	The expected value.
T	update	The new value.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true if successful. false return indicates that the actual value was not equal to the expected value.

CompareExchange(T, T, out T)

Compares two values of type T for bitwise equality and, if they are equal, replaces the stored value.

Declaration

public bool CompareExchange(in T update, in T expected, out T result)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	update	The value that replaces the stored value if the comparison results in equality.
T	expected	The value that is compared to the stored value.
T	result	The origin value stored in this container before modification.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the current value is replaced by update; otherwise, false.

Exchange(T, out T)

Sets a value stored in this container to a specified value and returns the original value, as an atomic operation.

Declaration

public void Exchange(in T update, out T previous)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	update	The value that replaces the stored value.
T	previous	The original stored value before modification.

GetAndAccumulate(T, Atomic<T>.Accumulator, out T)

Atomically updates the stored value with the results of applying the given function to the current and given values, returning the updated value.

Declaration

public void GetAndAccumulate(in T x, Atomic<T>.Accumulator accumulator, out T result)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	x	Accumulator operand.
Atomic.Accumulator<>	accumulator	A side-effect-free function of two arguments.
T	result	The original value.

Remarks

The function is applied with the current value as its first argument, and the given update as the second argument.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	accumulator is null.

GetAndUpdate(Atomic<T>.Updater, out T)

Atomically updates the stored value with the results of applying the given function, returning the original value.

Declaration

public void GetAndUpdate(Atomic<T>.Updater updater, out T result)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Atomic.Updater<>	updater	A side-effect-free function.
T	result	The original value.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	updater is null.

Read(out T)

Performs atomic read.

Declaration

public void Read(out T result)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	result	The result of atomic read.

Swap(ref T)

Swaps the value stored in this container and the given value atomically.

Declaration

public void Swap(ref T other)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	other	The managed pointer to the value to swap.

Swap(ref Atomic<T>)

Swaps the value stored in this container and the given value atomically.

Declaration

public void Swap(ref Atomic<T> other)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Atomic<T>	other	The container for the value.

Remarks

This operation is atomic for both containers.

ToString()

Converts the stored value into string atomically.

Declaration

public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
String	The string returned from ToString() method called on the stored value.

Overrides

ValueType.ToString()

UpdateAndGet(Atomic<T>.Updater, out T)

Atomically updates the stored value with the results of applying the given function, returning the updated value.

Declaration

public void UpdateAndGet(Atomic<T>.Updater updater, out T result)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Atomic.Updater<>	updater	A side-effect-free function.
T	result	The updated value.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	updater is null.

Write(T)

Performs atomic write.

Declaration

public void Write(in T newValue)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	newValue	The value to be stored into this container.

Explicit Interface Implementations

ICloneable.Clone()

Declaration

object ICloneable.Clone()

Returns

Type	Description
Object

IStrongBox.Value

Declaration

object IStrongBox.Value { get; set; }

Returns

Type	Description
Object

Implements

System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IStrongBox

System.ICloneable

Extension Methods

Sequence.Skip<TEnumerator, T>(ref TEnumerator, Int32)

ExpressionBuilder.Const<T>(T)