AtomicBoolean.CompareAndExchange(Boolean, Boolean) Method

Definition

Atomically sets the value to newValue if the current value, referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, == expectedValue, with memory effects as specified by VarHandle#compareAndExchange.

[Android.Runtime.Register("compareAndExchange", "(ZZ)Z", "", ApiSince=33)]
public bool CompareAndExchange (bool expectedValue, bool newValue);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("compareAndExchange", "(ZZ)Z", "", ApiSince=33)>]
member this.CompareAndExchange : bool * bool -> bool

Parameters

expectedValue
Boolean

the expected value

newValue
Boolean

the new value

Returns

the witness value, which will be the same as the expected value if successful

Attributes

Remarks

Atomically sets the value to newValue if the current value, referred to as the <em>witness value</em>, == expectedValue, with memory effects as specified by VarHandle#compareAndExchange.

Added in 9.

Java documentation for java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean.compareAndExchange(boolean, boolean).

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Applies to