VolatileCallSite
public class VolatileCallSite
extends CallSite
| java.lang.Object | ||
| ↳ | java.lang.invoke.CallSite | |
| ↳ | java.lang.invoke.VolatileCallSite | |
A VolatileCallSite is a CallSite whose target acts like a volatile variable. An invokedynamic instruction linked to a VolatileCallSite sees updates to its call site target immediately, even if the update occurs in another thread. There may be a performance penalty for such tight coupling between threads.
In other respects, a VolatileCallSite is interchangeable with MutableCallSite.
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Summary
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VolatileCallSite(MethodHandle target) Creates a call site with a volatile binding to its target. | |
VolatileCallSite(MethodType type) Creates a call site with a volatile binding to its target. | |
Public methods | |
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final MethodHandle | dynamicInvoker() Produces a method handle equivalent to an invokedynamic instruction which has been linked to this call site. |
final MethodHandle | getTarget() Returns the target method of the call site, which behaves like a |
void | setTarget(MethodHandle newTarget) Updates the target method of this call site, as a volatile variable. |
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Public constructors
VolatileCallSite
public VolatileCallSite (MethodHandle target)
Creates a call site with a volatile binding to its target. The target is set to the given value.
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target | MethodHandle: the method handle that will be the initial target of the call site |
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NullPointerException | if the proposed target is null |
VolatileCallSite
public VolatileCallSite (MethodType type)
Creates a call site with a volatile binding to its target. The initial target is set to a method handle of the given type which will throw an IllegalStateException if called.
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type | MethodType: the method type that this call site will have |
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NullPointerException | if the proposed type is null |
Public methods
dynamicInvoker
public final MethodHandle dynamicInvoker ()
Produces a method handle equivalent to an invokedynamic instruction which has been linked to this call site.
This method is equivalent to the following code:
MethodHandle getTarget, invoker, result; getTarget = MethodHandles.publicLookup().bind(this, "getTarget", MethodType.methodType(MethodHandle.class)); invoker = MethodHandles.exactInvoker(this.type()); result = MethodHandles.foldArguments(invoker, getTarget)
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MethodHandle | a method handle which always invokes this call site's current target |
getTarget
public final MethodHandle getTarget ()
Returns the target method of the call site, which behaves like a volatile field of the VolatileCallSite.
The interactions of getTarget with memory are the same as of a read from a volatile field.
In particular, the current thread is required to issue a fresh read of the target from memory, and must not fail to see a recent update to the target by another thread.
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MethodHandle | the linkage state of this call site, a method handle which can change over time |
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setTarget
public void setTarget (MethodHandle newTarget)
Updates the target method of this call site, as a volatile variable. The type of the new target must agree with the type of the old target.
The interactions with memory are the same as of a write to a volatile field. In particular, any threads is guaranteed to see the updated target the next time it calls getTarget.
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newTarget | MethodHandle: the new target |
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NullPointerException | if the proposed new target is null |
WrongMethodTypeException | if the proposed new target has a method type that differs from the previous target |
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