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25 
26 package java.lang.invoke;
27 
28 /**
29  * A {@code VolatileCallSite} is a {@link CallSite} whose target acts like a volatile variable.
30  * An {@code invokedynamic} instruction linked to a {@code VolatileCallSite} sees updates
31  * to its call site target immediately, even if the update occurs in another thread.
32  * There may be a performance penalty for such tight coupling between threads.
33  * <p>
34  * Unlike {@code MutableCallSite}, there is no
35  * {@linkplain MutableCallSite#syncAll syncAll operation} on volatile
36  * call sites, since every write to a volatile variable is implicitly
37  * synchronized with reader threads.
38  * <p>
39  * In other respects, a {@code VolatileCallSite} is interchangeable
40  * with {@code MutableCallSite}.
41  * @see MutableCallSite
42  * @author John Rose, JSR 292 EG
43  * @since 1.7
44  */
45 public class VolatileCallSite extends CallSite {
46     /**
47      * Creates a call site with a volatile binding to its target.
48      * The initial target is set to a method handle
49      * of the given type which will throw an {@code IllegalStateException} if called.
50      * @param type the method type that this call site will have
51      * @throws NullPointerException if the proposed type is null
52      */
VolatileCallSite(MethodType type)53     public VolatileCallSite(MethodType type) {
54         super(type);
55     }
56 
57     /**
58      * Creates a call site with a volatile binding to its target.
59      * The target is set to the given value.
60      * @param target the method handle that will be the initial target of the call site
61      * @throws NullPointerException if the proposed target is null
62      */
VolatileCallSite(MethodHandle target)63     public VolatileCallSite(MethodHandle target) {
64         super(target);
65     }
66 
67     /**
68      * Returns the target method of the call site, which behaves
69      * like a {@code volatile} field of the {@code VolatileCallSite}.
70      * <p>
71      * The interactions of {@code getTarget} with memory are the same
72      * as of a read from a {@code volatile} field.
73      * <p>
74      * In particular, the current thread is required to issue a fresh
75      * read of the target from memory, and must not fail to see
76      * a recent update to the target by another thread.
77      *
78      * @return the linkage state of this call site, a method handle which can change over time
79      * @see #setTarget
80      */
getTarget()81     @Override public final MethodHandle getTarget() {
82         return getTargetVolatile();
83     }
84 
85     /**
86      * Updates the target method of this call site, as a volatile variable.
87      * The type of the new target must agree with the type of the old target.
88      * <p>
89      * The interactions with memory are the same as of a write to a volatile field.
90      * In particular, any threads is guaranteed to see the updated target
91      * the next time it calls {@code getTarget}.
92      * @param newTarget the new target
93      * @throws NullPointerException if the proposed new target is null
94      * @throws WrongMethodTypeException if the proposed new target
95      *         has a method type that differs from the previous target
96      * @see #getTarget
97      */
setTarget(MethodHandle newTarget)98     @Override public void setTarget(MethodHandle newTarget) {
99         setTargetVolatile(newTarget);
100     }
101 
102     /**
103      * {@inheritDoc}
104      */
105     @Override
dynamicInvoker()106     public final MethodHandle dynamicInvoker() {
107         return makeDynamicInvoker();
108     }
109 }
110