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Atomic variables in Java
Yes, from Java 8 onwards, java.util.concurrent.atomic package contains classes which support atomic operations on single variables preventing race conditions or do not face synchronization issues. All classes in the atomic package have get/set methods. Each set method has a happens-before relationship with any subsequent get() method call on the same variable.
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
class AtomicCounter {
private AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(0);
public void increment() {
counter.incrementAndGet();
}
public void decrement() {
counter.decrementAndGet();
}
public int value() {
return counter.get();
}
}
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