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package java.lang;
import java.util.WeakHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
/**
* Lazily associate a computed value with (potentially) every type.
* For example, if a dynamic language needs to construct a message dispatch
* table for each class encountered at a message send call site,
* it can use a {@code ClassValue} to cache information needed to
* perform the message send quickly, for each class encountered.
* @author John Rose, JSR 292 EG
* @since 1.7
*/
public abstract class ClassValue<T> {
/**
* Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
* implicit.)
*/
protected ClassValue() {
}
/**
* Computes the given class's derived value for this {@code ClassValue}.
* <p>
* This method will be invoked within the first thread that accesses
* the value with the {@link #get get} method.
* <p>
* Normally, this method is invoked at most once per class,
* but it may be invoked again if there has been a call to
* {@link #remove remove}.
* <p>
* If this method throws an exception, the corresponding call to {@code get}
* will terminate abnormally with that exception, and no class value will be recorded.
*
* @param type the type whose class value must be computed
* @return the newly computed value associated with this {@code ClassValue}, for the given class or interface
* @see #get
* @see #remove
*/
protected abstract T computeValue(Class<?> type);
/**
* Returns the value for the given class.
* If no value has yet been computed, it is obtained by
* an invocation of the {@link #computeValue computeValue} method.
* <p>
* The actual installation of the value on the class
* is performed atomically.
* At that point, if several racing threads have
* computed values, one is chosen, and returned to
* all the racing threads.
* <p>
* The {@code type} parameter is typically a class, but it may be any type,
* such as an interface, a primitive type (like {@code int.class}), or {@code void.class}.
* <p>
* In the absence of {@code remove} calls, a class value has a simple
* state diagram: uninitialized and initialized.
* When {@code remove} calls are made,
* the rules for value observation are more complex.
* See the documentation for {@link #remove remove} for more information.
*
* @param type the type whose class value must be computed or retrieved
* @return the current value associated with this {@code ClassValue}, for the given class or interface
* @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
* @see #remove
* @see #computeValue
*/
public T get(Class<?> type) {
ClassValueMap map = getMap(type);
if (map != null) {
Object x = map.get(this);
if (x != null) {
return (T) map.unmaskNull(x);
}
}
return setComputedValue(type);
}
/**
* Removes the associated value for the given class.
* If this value is subsequently {@linkplain #get read} for the same class,
* its value will be reinitialized by invoking its {@link #computeValue computeValue} method.
* This may result in an additional invocation of the
* {@code computeValue} method for the given class.
* <p>
* In order to explain the interaction between {@code get} and {@code remove} calls,
* we must model the state transitions of a class value to take into account
* the alternation between uninitialized and initialized states.
* To do this, number these states sequentially from zero, and note that
* uninitialized (or removed) states are numbered with even numbers,
* while initialized (or re-initialized) states have odd numbers.
* <p>
* When a thread {@code T} removes a class value in state {@code 2N},
* nothing happens, since the class value is already uninitialized.
* Otherwise, the state is advanced atomically to {@code 2N+1}.
* <p>
* When a thread {@code T} queries a class value in state {@code 2N},
* the thread first attempts to initialize the class value to state {@code 2N+1}
* by invoking {@code computeValue} and installing the resulting value.
* <p>
* When {@code T} attempts to install the newly computed value,
* if the state is still at {@code 2N}, the class value will be initialized
* with the computed value, advancing it to state {@code 2N+1}.
* <p>
* Otherwise, whether the new state is even or odd,
* {@code T} will discard the newly computed value
* and retry the {@code get} operation.
* <p>
* Discarding and retrying is an important proviso,
* since otherwise {@code T} could potentially install
* a disastrously stale value. For example:
* <ul>
* <li>{@code T} calls {@code CV.get(C)} and sees state {@code 2N}
* <li>{@code T} quickly computes a time-dependent value {@code V0} and gets ready to install it
* <li>{@code T} is hit by an unlucky paging or scheduling event, and goes to sleep for a long time
* <li>...meanwhile, {@code T2} also calls {@code CV.get(C)} and sees state {@code 2N}
* <li>{@code T2} quickly computes a similar time-dependent value {@code V1} and installs it on {@code CV.get(C)}
* <li>{@code T2} (or a third thread) then calls {@code CV.remove(C)}, undoing {@code T2}'s work
* <li> the previous actions of {@code T2} are repeated several times
* <li> also, the relevant computed values change over time: {@code V1}, {@code V2}, ...
* <li>...meanwhile, {@code T} wakes up and attempts to install {@code V0}; <em>this must fail</em>
* </ul>
* We can assume in the above scenario that {@code CV.computeValue} uses locks to properly
* observe the time-dependent states as it computes {@code V1}, etc.
* This does not remove the threat of a stale value, since there is a window of time
* between the return of {@code computeValue} in {@code T} and the installation
* of the the new value. No user synchronization is possible during this time.
*
* @param type the type whose class value must be removed
* @throws NullPointerException if the argument is null
*/
public void remove(Class<?> type) {
ClassValueMap map = getMap(type);
if (map != null) {
synchronized (map) {
map.remove(this);
}
}
}
/// Implementation...
// FIXME: Use a data structure here similar that of ThreadLocal (7030453).
private static final AtomicInteger STORE_BARRIER = new AtomicInteger();
/** Slow path for {@link #get}. */
private T setComputedValue(Class<?> type) {
ClassValueMap map = getMap(type);
if (map == null) {
map = initializeMap(type);
}
T value = computeValue(type);
STORE_BARRIER.lazySet(0);
// All stores pending from computeValue are completed.
synchronized (map) {
// Warm up the table with a null entry.
map.preInitializeEntry(this);
}
STORE_BARRIER.lazySet(0);
// All stores pending from table expansion are completed.
synchronized (map) {
value = (T) map.initializeEntry(this, value);
// One might fear a possible race condition here
// if the code for map.put has flushed the write
// to map.table[*] before the writes to the Map.Entry
// are done. This is not possible, since we have
// warmed up the table with an empty entry.
}
return value;
}
// Replace this map by a per-class slot.
private static final WeakHashMap<Class<?>, ClassValueMap> ROOT
= new WeakHashMap<Class<?>, ClassValueMap>();
private static ClassValueMap getMap(Class<?> type) {
type.getClass(); // test for null
return ROOT.get(type);
}
private static ClassValueMap initializeMap(Class<?> type) {
synchronized (ClassValue.class) {
ClassValueMap map = ROOT.get(type);
if (map == null)
ROOT.put(type, map = new ClassValueMap());
return map;
}
}
static class ClassValueMap extends WeakHashMap<ClassValue, Object> {
/** Make sure this table contains an Entry for the given key, even if it is empty. */
void preInitializeEntry(ClassValue key) {
if (!this.containsKey(key))
this.put(key, null);
}
/** Make sure this table contains a non-empty Entry for the given key. */
Object initializeEntry(ClassValue key, Object value) {
Object prior = this.get(key);
if (prior != null) {
return unmaskNull(prior);
}
this.put(key, maskNull(value));
return value;
}
Object maskNull(Object x) {
return x == null ? this : x;
}
Object unmaskNull(Object x) {
return x == this ? null : x;
}
}
}