core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/AsyncAtomicValue.java

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package org.onosproject.store.service;

import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;

/**
 * Distributed version of java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference.
 * <p>
 * All methods of this interface return a {@link CompletableFuture future} immediately
 * after a successful invocation. The operation itself is executed asynchronous and
 * the returned future will be {@link CompletableFuture#complete completed} when the
 * operation finishes.
 *
 * @param <V> value type
 */
public interface AsyncAtomicValue<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 {code byte[]} representations.
     * <p>
     * @param expect  the expected value
     * @param update  the new value
     * @return CompletableFuture that will be completed with {@code true} if update was successful. Otherwise future
     * will be completed with a value of {@code false}
     */
    CompletableFuture<Boolean> compareAndSet(V expect, V update);

    /**
     * Gets the current value.
     * @return CompletableFuture that will be completed with the value
     */
    CompletableFuture<V> get();

    /**
     * Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value.
     * @param value the new value
     * @return CompletableFuture that will be completed with the previous value
     */
    CompletableFuture<V> getAndSet(V value);

    /**
     * Sets to the given value.
     * @param value value to set
     * @return CompletableFuture that will be completed when the operation finishes
     */
    CompletableFuture<Void> set(V value);

    /**
     * Registers the specified listener to be notified whenever the atomic value is updated.
     * @param listener listener to notify about events
     * @return CompletableFuture that will be completed when the operation finishes
     */
    CompletableFuture<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
     * @return CompletableFuture that will be completed when the operation finishes
     */
    CompletableFuture<Void> removeListener(AtomicValueEventListener<V> listener);
}