LongAccumulator

public class LongAccumulator extends Number
implements Serializable

One or more variables that together maintain a running long value updated using a supplied function. When updates (method accumulate(long)) are contended across threads, the set of variables may grow dynamically to reduce contention. Method get() (or, equivalently, longValue()) returns the current value across the variables maintaining updates.

This class is usually preferable to AtomicLong when multiple threads update a common value that is used for purposes such as collecting statistics, not for fine-grained synchronization control. Under low update contention, the two classes have similar characteristics. But under high contention, expected throughput of this class is significantly higher, at the expense of higher space consumption.

The order of accumulation within or across threads is not guaranteed and cannot be depended upon, so this class is only applicable to functions for which the order of accumulation does not matter. The supplied accumulator function should be side-effect-free, since it may be re-applied when attempted updates fail due to contention among threads. The function is applied with the current value as its first argument, and the given update as the second argument. For example, to maintain a running maximum value, you could supply Long::max along with Long.MIN_VALUE as the identity.

Class LongAdder provides analogs of the functionality of this class for the common special case of maintaining counts and sums. The call new LongAdder() is equivalent to new LongAccumulator((x, y) -> x + y, 0L.

This class extends Number, but does not define methods such as equals, hashCode and compareTo because instances are expected to be mutated, and so are not useful as collection keys.

Public Constructor Summary

LongAccumulator(LongBinaryOperator accumulatorFunction, long identity) Creates a new instance using the given accumulator function and identity element.

Public Method Summary

void	accumulate(long x) Updates with the given value.
double	doubleValue() Returns the {@linkplain #get current value} as a double after a widening primitive conversion.
float	floatValue() Returns the {@linkplain #get current value} as a float after a widening primitive conversion.
long	get() Returns the current value.
long	getThenReset() Equivalent in effect to get() followed by reset().
int	intValue() Returns the {@linkplain #get current value} as an int after a narrowing primitive conversion.
long	longValue() Equivalent to get().
void	reset() Resets variables maintaining updates to the identity value.
String	toString() Returns the String representation of the current value.

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Number

byte	byteValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a byte, which may involve rounding or truncation.
abstract double	doubleValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a double, which may involve rounding.
abstract float	floatValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a float, which may involve rounding.
abstract int	intValue() Returns the value of the specified number as an int, which may involve rounding or truncation.
abstract long	longValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a long, which may involve rounding or truncation.
short	shortValue() Returns the value of the specified number as a short, which may involve rounding or truncation.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.

Public Constructors

public LongAccumulator (LongBinaryOperator accumulatorFunction, long identity)

Creates a new instance using the given accumulator function and identity element.

Parameters

accumulatorFunction	a side-effect-free function of two arguments
identity	identity (initial value) for the accumulator function

Public Methods

public void accumulate (long x)

Updates with the given value.

Parameters

x	the value

public double doubleValue ()

Returns the {@linkplain #get current value} as a double after a widening primitive conversion.

Returns

• the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type double.

public float floatValue ()

Returns the {@linkplain #get current value} as a float after a widening primitive conversion.

Returns

• the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type float.

public long get ()

Returns the current value. The returned value is NOT an atomic snapshot; invocation in the absence of concurrent updates returns an accurate result, but concurrent updates that occur while the value is being calculated might not be incorporated.

Returns

• the current value

public long getThenReset ()

Equivalent in effect to get() followed by reset(). This method may apply for example during quiescent points between multithreaded computations. If there are updates concurrent with this method, the returned value is not guaranteed to be the final value occurring before the reset.

Returns

• the value before reset

public int intValue ()

Returns the {@linkplain #get current value} as an int after a narrowing primitive conversion.

Returns

• the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to type int.

public long longValue ()

Equivalent to get().

Returns

• the current value

public void reset ()

Resets variables maintaining updates to the identity value. This method may be a useful alternative to creating a new updater, but is only effective if there are no concurrent updates. Because this method is intrinsically racy, it should only be used when it is known that no threads are concurrently updating.

public String toString ()

Returns the String representation of the current value.

Returns

• the String representation of the current value