IAtomicLong

Hazelcast IAtomicLong is the distributed implementation of java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong. It offers most of AtomicLong's operations such as get, set, getAndSet, compareAndSet and incrementAndGet. Since IAtomicLong is a distributed implementation, these operations involve remote calls and thus their performances differ from AtomicLong.

note

This data structure is part of the CP Subsystem, which must be enabled before use. If no CP members are configured, the data structure cannot be created.

The following example code creates an instance, increments it by a million and prints the count.

java

        HazelcastInstance hazelcastInstance = Hazelcast.newHazelcastInstance();
        IAtomicLong counter = hazelcastInstance.getCPSubsystem().getAtomicLong( "counter" );
        for ( int k = 0; k < 1000 * 1000; k++ ) {
            if ( k % 500000 == 0 ) {
                System.out.println( "At: " + k );
            }
            counter.incrementAndGet();
        }
        System.out.printf( "Count is %s\n", counter.get() );
        counter.destroy();

When you start other instances with the code above, you will see the count as member count times a million.

warning

IAtomicLongs are not automatically removed. If an instance is not used anymore, Hazelcast does not automatically perform garbage collection in it. This can lead to an OutOfMemoryError. If you create IAtomicLongs on the fly, make sure they are destroyed. See Destroying Objects and CP Data Structures.

Sending Functions to IAtomicLong

You can send functions to an IAtomicLong. IFunction is a Hazelcast owned, single method interface. The following example IFunction implementation adds two to the original value.

java

    private static class Add2Function implements IFunction<Long, Long> {
        @Override
        public Long apply( Long input ) {
            return input + 2;
        }
    }

Executing Functions on IAtomicLong

You can use the following methods to execute functions on IAtomicLong:

• apply: Applies the function to the value in IAtomicLong without changing the actual value and returning the result.
• alter: Alters the value stored in the IAtomicLong by applying the function. It does not send back a result.
• alterAndGet: Alters the value stored in the IAtomicLong by applying the function, storing the result in the IAtomicLong and returning the result.
• getAndAlter: Alters the value stored in the IAtomicLong by applying the function and returning the original value.

The following example includes these methods.

java

        HazelcastInstance hazelcastInstance = Hazelcast.newHazelcastInstance();
        IAtomicLong atomicLong = hazelcastInstance.getCPSubsystem().getAtomicLong( "counter" );

        atomicLong.set( 1 );
        long result = atomicLong.apply( new Add2Function() );
        System.out.println( "apply.result: " + result);
        System.out.println( "apply.value: " + atomicLong.get() );

        atomicLong.set( 1 );
        atomicLong.alter( new Add2Function() );
        System.out.println( "alter.value: " + atomicLong.get() );

        atomicLong.set( 1 );
        result = atomicLong.alterAndGet( new Add2Function() );
        System.out.println( "alterAndGet.result: " + result );
        System.out.println( "alterAndGet.value: " + atomicLong.get() );

        atomicLong.set( 1 );
        result = atomicLong.getAndAlter( new Add2Function() );
        System.out.println( "getAndAlter.result: " + result );
        System.out.println( "getAndAlter.value: " + atomicLong.get() );
        atomicLong.destroy();

The output of the above class when run is as follows:

apply.result: 3
apply.value: 1
alter.value: 3
alterAndGet.result: 3
alterAndGet.value: 3
getAndAlter.result: 1
getAndAlter.value: 3

Reasons to Use Functions with IAtomicLong

The reason for using a function instead of a simple code line like atomicLong.set(atomicLong.get() + 2)); is that the IAtomicLong read and write operations are not atomic. Since IAtomicLong is a distributed implementation, those operations can be remote ones, which may lead to race problems. By using functions, the data is not pulled into the code, but the code is sent to the data. This makes it more scalable.