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Interlocked for boolean type
//
// Copyright 2013 Hans Wolff
//
// Source: https://gist.github.com/hanswolff/7926751
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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using System.Threading;
/// <summary>
/// Interlocked support for boolean values
/// </summary>
public class InterlockedBoolean
{
private int _value;
/// <summary>
/// Current value
/// </summary>
public bool Value
{
get { return _value == 1; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor
/// </summary>
/// <param name="initialValue">initial value</param>
public InterlockedBoolean(bool initialValue = false)
{
_value = initialValue ? 1 : 0;
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets a new value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="newValue">new value</param>
/// <returns>the original value before any operation was performed</returns>
public bool Set(bool newValue)
{
var oldValue = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _value, newValue ? 1 : 0);
return oldValue == 1;
}
/// <summary>
/// Compares the current value and the comparand for equality and, if they are equal,
/// replaces the current value with the new value in an atomic/thread-safe operation.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="newValue">new value</param>
/// <param name="comparand">value to compare the current value with</param>
/// <returns>the original value before any operation was performed</returns>
public bool CompareExchange(bool newValue, bool comparand)
{
var oldValue = Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _value, newValue ? 1 : 0, comparand ? 1 : 0);
return oldValue == 1;
}
}
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