Compare and Swap

Compare and swap is a technique used when designing concurrent algorithms. Basically, compare and swap compares the value of a variable with an expected value, and if the values are equal then swaps the value of the variable for a new value. Compare and swap may sound a bit complicated but it is actually reasonably simple once you understand it, so let me elaborate a bit further on the topic. By t

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AtomicBooleanやAtomicReferenceなどCPUレベルでCompare and Swapを実現するクラス。