Simple class to hold a primitive value and perform atomic operations on it. More...

Public Member Functions
	Atomic () noexcept
	Creates a new value, initialised to zero. More...

	Atomic (const Type initialValue) noexcept
	Creates a new value, with a given initial value. More...

	Atomic (const Atomic &other) noexcept
	Copies another value (atomically). More...

	~Atomic () noexcept
	Destructor. More...

Type	get () const noexcept
	Atomically reads and returns the current value. More...

Atomic &	operator= (const Atomic &other) noexcept
	Copies another value onto this one (atomically). More...

Atomic &	operator= (const Type newValue) noexcept
	Copies another value onto this one (atomically). More...

void	set (Type newValue) noexcept
	Atomically sets the current value. More...

Type	exchange (Type value) noexcept
	Atomically sets the current value, returning the value that was replaced. More...

Type	operator+= (Type amountToAdd) noexcept
	Atomically adds a number to this value, returning the new value. More...

Type	operator-= (Type amountToSubtract) noexcept
	Atomically subtracts a number from this value, returning the new value. More...

Type	operator++ () noexcept
	Atomically increments this value, returning the new value. More...

Type	operator-- () noexcept
	Atomically decrements this value, returning the new value. More...

bool	compareAndSetBool (Type newValue, Type valueToCompare) noexcept
	Atomically compares this value with a target value, and if it is equal, sets this to be equal to a new value. More...

Type	compareAndSetValue (Type newValue, Type valueToCompare) noexcept
	Atomically compares this value with a target value, and if it is equal, sets this to be equal to a new value. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	memoryBarrier () noexcept
	Implements a memory read/write barrier. More...

Public Attributes
volatile Type	value
	The raw value that this class operates on. More...

Detailed Description

template<typename Type>
class Atomic< Type >

Simple class to hold a primitive value and perform atomic operations on it.

The type used must be a 32 or 64 bit primitive, like an int, pointer, etc. There are methods to perform most of the basic atomic operations.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<typename Type>

Atomic< Type >::Atomic ( )

noexcept

Creates a new value, initialised to zero.

template<typename Type>

Atomic< Type >::Atomic ( const Type initialValue )

explicitnoexcept

Creates a new value, with a given initial value.

template<typename Type>

Atomic< Type >::Atomic ( const Atomic< Type > & other )

noexcept

Copies another value (atomically).

template<typename Type>

Atomic< Type >::~Atomic ( )

noexcept

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

template<typename Type >

Type Atomic< Type >::get ( ) const

noexcept

Atomically reads and returns the current value.

References Atomic< Type >::value.

Referenced by ThreadLocalValue< Type >::get(), and ThreadLocalValue< Type >::releaseCurrentThreadStorage().

template<typename Type>

Atomic& Atomic< Type >::operator= ( const Atomic< Type > & other )

noexcept

Copies another value onto this one (atomically).

template<typename Type>

Atomic& Atomic< Type >::operator= ( const Type newValue )

noexcept

Copies another value onto this one (atomically).

template<typename Type>

void Atomic< Type >::set ( Type newValue )

noexcept

Atomically sets the current value.

template<typename Type>

Type Atomic< Type >::exchange ( Type value )

noexcept

Atomically sets the current value, returning the value that was replaced.

References Atomic< Type >::compareAndSetBool(), and Atomic< Type >::value.

Referenced by Atomic< int >::operator=(), and Atomic< int >::set().

template<typename Type>

Type Atomic< Type >::operator+= ( Type amountToAdd )

noexcept

Atomically adds a number to this value, returning the new value.

References Atomic< Type >::value.

Referenced by Atomic< Type >::operator-=(), and Atomic< int >::set().

template<typename Type>

Type Atomic< Type >::operator-= ( Type amountToSubtract )

noexcept

Atomically subtracts a number from this value, returning the new value.

References Atomic< Type >::operator+=().

Referenced by Atomic< int >::set().

template<typename Type >

Type Atomic< Type >::operator++ ( )

noexcept

Atomically increments this value, returning the new value.

References Atomic< Type >::value.

Referenced by Atomic< int >::set().

template<typename Type >

Type Atomic< Type >::operator-- ( )

noexcept

Atomically decrements this value, returning the new value.

References Atomic< Type >::value.

Referenced by Atomic< int >::set().

template<typename Type>

bool Atomic< Type >::compareAndSetBool	(	Type	newValue,
		Type	valueToCompare
	)

noexcept

Atomically compares this value with a target value, and if it is equal, sets this to be equal to a new value.

This operation is the atomic equivalent of doing this:

bool compareAndSetBool (Type newValue, Type valueToCompare)
{
    if (get() == valueToCompare)
    {
        set (newValue);
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

Returns: true if the comparison was true and the value was replaced; false if the comparison failed and the value was left unchanged.

See also: compareAndSetValue

References Atomic< Type >::compareAndSetValue(), and Atomic< Type >::value.

Referenced by Atomic< Type >::compareAndSetValue(), Atomic< Type >::exchange(), ThreadLocalValue< Type >::get(), and Atomic< int >::set().

template<typename Type>

Type Atomic< Type >::compareAndSetValue	(	Type	newValue,
		Type	valueToCompare
	)

noexcept

Atomically compares this value with a target value, and if it is equal, sets this to be equal to a new value.

This operation is the atomic equivalent of doing this:

Type compareAndSetValue (Type newValue, Type valueToCompare)
{
    Type oldValue = get();
    if (oldValue == valueToCompare)
        set (newValue);
    return oldValue;
}