001/*
002 * Copyright (C) 2010 The Guava Authors
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
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013 */
014
015package com.google.common.util.concurrent;
016
017import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
018import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
019import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceArray;
020import javax.annotation.Nullable;
021
022/**
023 * Static utility methods pertaining to classes in the {@code java.util.concurrent.atomic} package.
024 *
025 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
026 * @since 10.0
027 */
028@GwtIncompatible
029public final class Atomics {
030  private Atomics() {}
031
032  /**
033   * Creates an {@code AtomicReference} instance with no initial value.
034   *
035   * @return a new {@code AtomicReference} with no initial value
036   */
037  public static <V> AtomicReference<V> newReference() {
038    return new AtomicReference<V>();
039  }
040
041  /**
042   * Creates an {@code AtomicReference} instance with the given initial value.
043   *
044   * @param initialValue the initial value
045   * @return a new {@code AtomicReference} with the given initial value
046   */
047  public static <V> AtomicReference<V> newReference(@Nullable V initialValue) {
048    return new AtomicReference<V>(initialValue);
049  }
050
051  /**
052   * Creates an {@code AtomicReferenceArray} instance of given length.
053   *
054   * @param length the length of the array
055   * @return a new {@code AtomicReferenceArray} with the given length
056   */
057  public static <E> AtomicReferenceArray<E> newReferenceArray(int length) {
058    return new AtomicReferenceArray<E>(length);
059  }
060
061  /**
062   * Creates an {@code AtomicReferenceArray} instance with the same length as, and all elements
063   * copied from, the given array.
064   *
065   * @param array the array to copy elements from
066   * @return a new {@code AtomicReferenceArray} copied from the given array
067   */
068  public static <E> AtomicReferenceArray<E> newReferenceArray(E[] array) {
069    return new AtomicReferenceArray<E>(array);
070  }
071}