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package org.onosproject.store.service;

/**
 * Distributed version of java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference.
 *
 * @param <V> value type
 */
public interface AtomicValue<V> {

    /**
     * Atomically sets the value to the given updated value if the current value is equal to the expected value.
     * <p>
     * IMPORTANT: Equality is based on the equality of the serialized byte[] representations.
     * <p>
     * @param expect  the expected value
     * @param update  the new value
     * @return true if successful. false return indicates that the actual value was not equal to the expected value.
     */
    boolean compareAndSet(V expect, V update);

    /**
     * Gets the current value.
     * @return current value
     */
    V get();

    /**
     * Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value.
     * @param value the new value
     * @return previous value
     */
    V getAndSet(V value);

    /**
     * Sets to the given value.
     * @param value new value
     */
    void set(V value);

    /**
     * Registers the specified listener to be notified whenever the atomic value is updated.
     *
     * @param listener listener to notify about events
     */
    void addListener(AtomicValueEventListener<V> listener);

    /**
     * Unregisters the specified listener such that it will no longer
     * receive atomic value update notifications.
     *
     * @param listener listener to unregister
     */
    void removeListener(AtomicValueEventListener<V> listener);
}