sun/misc/Unsafe.java

/* Unsafe.java - Unsafe operations needed for concurrency
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package sun.misc;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

/**
 * This class should provide access to low-level operations and its
 * use should be limited to trusted code.  Fields can be accessed using
 * memory addresses, with undefined behaviour occurring if invalid memory
 * addresses are given.
 *
 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 */
public final class Unsafe
{
  // Singleton class.
  private static final Unsafe unsafe = new Unsafe();

  /**
   * Private default constructor to prevent creation of an arbitrary
   * number of instances.
   */
  private Unsafe()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Retrieve the singleton instance of <code>Unsafe</code>.  The calling
   * method should guard this instance from untrusted code, as it provides
   * access to low-level operations such as direct memory access.
   *
   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists and prevents
   *                           access to the system properties.
   */
  public static Unsafe getUnsafe()
  {
    SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
    if (sm != null)
      sm.checkPropertiesAccess();
    return unsafe;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the memory address offset of the given static field.
   * The offset is merely used as a means to access a particular field
   * in the other methods of this class.  The value is unique to the given
   * field and the same value should be returned on each subsequent call.
   *
   * @param field the field whose offset should be returned.
   * @return the offset of the given field.
   */
  public native long objectFieldOffset(Field field);

  /**
   * Compares the value of the integer field at the specified offset
   * in the supplied object with the given expected value, and updates
   * it if they match.  The operation of this method should be atomic,
   * thus providing an uninterruptible way of updating an integer field.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the integer field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param expect the expected value of the field.
   * @param update the new value of the field if it equals <code>expect</code>.
   * @return true if the field was changed.
   */
  public native boolean compareAndSwapInt(Object obj, long offset,
                                          int expect, int update);

  /**
   * Compares the value of the long field at the specified offset
   * in the supplied object with the given expected value, and updates
   * it if they match.  The operation of this method should be atomic,
   * thus providing an uninterruptible way of updating a long field.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the long field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param expect the expected value of the field.
   * @param update the new value of the field if it equals <code>expect</code>.
   * @return true if the field was changed.
   */
  public native boolean compareAndSwapLong(Object obj, long offset,
                                           long expect, long update);

  /**
   * Compares the value of the object field at the specified offset
   * in the supplied object with the given expected value, and updates
   * it if they match.  The operation of this method should be atomic,
   * thus providing an uninterruptible way of updating an object field.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the object field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param expect the expected value of the field.
   * @param update the new value of the field if it equals <code>expect</code>.
   * @return true if the field was changed.
   */
  public native boolean compareAndSwapObject(Object obj, long offset,
                                             Object expect, Object update);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the integer field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object to the given value.  This is an ordered or lazy
   * version of <code>putIntVolatile(Object,long,int)</code>, which
   * doesn't guarantee the immediate visibility of the change to other
   * threads.  It is only really useful where the integer field is
   * <code>volatile</code>, and is thus expected to change unexpectedly.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the integer field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param value the new value of the field.
   * @see #putIntVolatile(Object,long,int)
   */
  public native void putOrderedInt(Object obj, long offset, int value);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the long field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object to the given value.  This is an ordered or lazy
   * version of <code>putLongVolatile(Object,long,long)</code>, which
   * doesn't guarantee the immediate visibility of the change to other
   * threads.  It is only really useful where the long field is
   * <code>volatile</code>, and is thus expected to change unexpectedly.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the long field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param value the new value of the field.
   * @see #putLongVolatile(Object,long,long)
   */
  public native void putOrderedLong(Object obj, long offset, long value);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the object field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object to the given value.  This is an ordered or lazy
   * version of <code>putObjectVolatile(Object,long,Object)</code>, which
   * doesn't guarantee the immediate visibility of the change to other
   * threads.  It is only really useful where the object field is
   * <code>volatile</code>, and is thus expected to change unexpectedly.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the object field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param value the new value of the field.
   */
  public native void putOrderedObject(Object obj, long offset, Object value);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the integer field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object to the given value, with volatile store semantics.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the integer field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param value the new value of the field.
   */
  public native void putIntVolatile(Object obj, long offset, int value);

  /**
   * Retrieves the value of the integer field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object with volatile load semantics.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to read.
   * @param offset the offset of the integer field within <code>obj</code>.
   */
  public native int getIntVolatile(Object obj, long offset);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the long field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object to the given value, with volatile store semantics.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the long field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param value the new value of the field.
   * @see #putLong(Object,long,long)
   */
  public native void putLongVolatile(Object obj, long offset, long value);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the long field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object to the given value.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the long field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param value the new value of the field.
   * @see #putLongVolatile(Object,long,long)
   */
  public native void putLong(Object obj, long offset, long value);

  /**
   * Retrieves the value of the long field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object with volatile load semantics.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to read.
   * @param offset the offset of the long field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @see #getLong(Object,long)
   */
  public native long getLongVolatile(Object obj, long offset);

  /**
   * Retrieves the value of the long field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to read.
   * @param offset the offset of the long field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @see #getLongVolatile(Object,long)
   */
  public native long getLong(Object obj, long offset);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the object field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object to the given value, with volatile store semantics.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the object field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param value the new value of the field.
   * @see #putObject(Object,long,Object)
   */
  public native void putObjectVolatile(Object obj, long offset, Object value);

  /**
   * Sets the value of the object field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object to the given value.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to modify.
   * @param offset the offset of the object field within <code>obj</code>.
   * @param value the new value of the field.
   * @see #putObjectVolatile(Object,long,Object)
   */
  public native void putObject(Object obj, long offset, Object value);

  /**
   * Retrieves the value of the object field at the specified offset in the
   * supplied object with volatile load semantics.
   *
   * @param obj the object containing the field to read.
   * @param offset the offset of the object field within <code>obj</code>.
   */
  public native Object getObjectVolatile(Object obj, long offset);

  /**
   * Returns the offset of the first element for a given array class.
   * To access elements of the array class, this value may be used along
   * with that returned by
   * <a href="#arrayIndexScale"><code>arrayIndexScale</code></a>,
   * if non-zero.
   *
   * @param arrayClass the class for which the first element's address should
   *                   be obtained.
   * @return the offset of the first element of the array class.
   * @see arrayIndexScale(Class)
   */
  public native int arrayBaseOffset(Class arrayClass);

  /**
   * Returns the scale factor used for addressing elements of the supplied
   * array class.  Where a suitable scale factor can not be returned (e.g.
   * for primitive types), zero should be returned.  The returned value
   * can be used with
   * <a href="#arrayBaseOffset"><code>arrayBaseOffset</code></a>
   * to access elements of the class.
   *
   * @param arrayClass the class whose scale factor should be returned.
   * @return the scale factor, or zero if not supported for this array class.
   */
  public native int arrayIndexScale(Class arrayClass);

  /**
   * Releases the block on a thread created by
   * <a href="#park"><code>park</code></a>.  This method can also be used
   * to terminate a blockage caused by a prior call to <code>park</code>.
   * This operation is unsafe, as the thread must be guaranteed to be
   * live.  This is true of Java, but not native code.
   *
   * @param thread the thread to unblock.
   */
  public native void unpark(Object thread);

  /**
   * Blocks the thread until a matching
   * <a href="#unpark"><code>unpark</code></a> occurs, the thread is
   * interrupted or the optional timeout expires.  If an <code>unpark</code>
   * call has already occurred, this also counts.  A timeout value of zero
   * is defined as no timeout.  When <code>isAbsolute</code> is
   * <code>true</code>, the timeout is in milliseconds relative to the
   * epoch.  Otherwise, the value is the number of nanoseconds which must
   * occur before timeout.  This call may also return spuriously (i.e.
   * for no apparent reason).
   *
   * @param isAbsolute true if the timeout is specified in milliseconds from
   *                   the epoch.
   * @param time either the number of nanoseconds to wait, or a time in
   *             milliseconds from the epoch to wait for.
   */
  public native void park(boolean isAbsolute, long time);

}