Example of AtomicBoolean in Java
December 25, 2012
AtomicBoolean belongs to the package java.util.concurrent.atomic. This package provides lock-free and threads safe handling on a single variable. AtomicBoolean follows the property of volatile values. Object of AtomicBoolean can be created with default value true or false. Find the example.
package com.concretepage;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
public class AtomicBooleanTest {
AtomicBoolean ab= new AtomicBoolean(true);
class A implements Runnable{
@Override
public void run() {
ab.compareAndSet(false, true);
System.out.println(ab.get());
}
}
class B implements Runnable{
@Override
public void run() {
ab.compareAndSet(true, false);
System.out.println(ab.get());
}
}
public static void main(String... args){
new Thread(new AtomicBooleanTest().new A()).start();
new Thread(new AtomicBooleanTest().new B()).start();
}
}
