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Unsafe.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API11868Wed May 06 22:41:06 BST 2009sun.misc

Unsafe.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package sun.misc;

import dalvik.system.VMStack;

import org.apache.harmony.kernel.vm.LangAccess;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

/**
 * The package name notwithstanding, this class is the quasi-standard
 * way for Java code to gain access to and use functionality which,
 * when unsupervised, would allow one to break the pointer/type safety
 * of Java.
 */
public final class Unsafe {
    /** non-null; unique instance of this class */
    private static final Unsafe THE_ONE = new Unsafe();

    /** non-null; the lang-access utility instance */
    private final LangAccess lang;
    
    /**
     * This class is only privately instantiable.
     */
    private Unsafe() {
        lang = LangAccess.getInstance();
    }

    /**
     * Gets the unique instance of this class. This is only allowed in
     * very limited situations.
     */
    public static Unsafe getUnsafe() {
        /*
         * Only code on the bootclasspath is allowed to get at the
         * Unsafe instance.
         */
        ClassLoader calling = VMStack.getCallingClassLoader2();
        ClassLoader current = Unsafe.class.getClassLoader();

        if ((calling != null) && (calling != Unsafe.class.getClassLoader())) {
            throw new SecurityException("Unsafe access denied");
        }

        return THE_ONE;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the raw byte offset from the start of an object's memory to
     * the memory used to store the indicated instance field.
     * 
     * @param field non-null; the field in question, which must be an
     * instance field
     * @return the offset to the field
     */
    public long objectFieldOffset(Field field) {
        if (Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "valid for instance fields only");
        }

        return objectFieldOffset0(field);
    }

    /**
     * Helper for {@link #objectFieldOffset}, which does all the work,
     * assuming the parameter is deemed valid.
     * 
     * @param field non-null; the instance field
     * @return the offset to the field
     */
    private static native long objectFieldOffset0(Field field);

    /**
     * Gets the offset from the start of an array object's memory to
     * the memory used to store its initial (zeroeth) element.
     * 
     * @param clazz non-null; class in question; must be an array class
     * @return the offset to the initial element
     */
    public int arrayBaseOffset(Class clazz) {
        if (! clazz.isArray()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "valid for array classes only");
        }

        return arrayBaseOffset0(clazz);
    }

    /**
     * Helper for {@link #arrayBaseOffset}, which does all the work,
     * assuming the parameter is deemed valid.
     * 
     * @param field non-null; the instance field
     * @return the offset to the field
     */
    private static native int arrayBaseOffset0(Class clazz);

    /**
     * Gets the size of each element of the given array class.
     * 
     * @param clazz non-null; class in question; must be an array class
     * @return > 0; the size of each element of the array
     */
    public int arrayIndexScale(Class clazz) {
        if (! clazz.isArray()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "valid for array classes only");
        }

        return arrayIndexScale0(clazz);
    }

    /**
     * Helper for {@link #arrayIndexScale}, which does all the work,
     * assuming the parameter is deemed valid.
     * 
     * @param field non-null; the instance field
     * @return the offset to the field
     */
    private static native int arrayIndexScale0(Class clazz);

    /**
     * Performs a compare-and-set operation on an <code>int</code>
     * field within the given object.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @param expectedValue expected value of the field
     * @param newValue new value to store in the field if the contents are
     * as expected
     * @return <code>true</code> if the new value was in fact stored, and
     * <code>false</code> if not
     */
    public native boolean compareAndSwapInt(Object obj, long offset,
            int expectedValue, int newValue);
    
    /**
     * Performs a compare-and-set operation on a <code>long</code>
     * field within the given object.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @param expectedValue expected value of the field
     * @param newValue new value to store in the field if the contents are
     * as expected
     * @return <code>true</code> if the new value was in fact stored, and
     * <code>false</code> if not
     */
    public native boolean compareAndSwapLong(Object obj, long offset,
            long expectedValue, long newValue);
    
    /**
     * Performs a compare-and-set operation on an <code>Object</code>
     * field (that is, a reference field) within the given object.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @param expectedValue expected value of the field
     * @param newValue new value to store in the field if the contents are
     * as expected
     * @return <code>true</code> if the new value was in fact stored, and
     * <code>false</code> if not
     */
    public native boolean compareAndSwapObject(Object obj, long offset,
            Object expectedValue, Object newValue);

    /**
     * Gets an <code>int</code> field from the given object,
     * using <code>volatile</code> semantics.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @return the retrieved value
     */
    public native int getIntVolatile(Object obj, long offset);

    /**
     * Stores an <code>int</code> field into the given object,
     * using <code>volatile</code> semantics.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @param newValue the value to store 
     */
    public native void putIntVolatile(Object obj, long offset, int newValue);
    
    /**
     * Gets a <code>long</code> field from the given object,
     * using <code>volatile</code> semantics.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @return the retrieved value
     */
    public native long getLongVolatile(Object obj, long offset);

    /**
     * Stores a <code>long</code> field into the given object,
     * using <code>volatile</code> semantics.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @param newValue the value to store 
     */
    public native void putLongVolatile(Object obj, long offset, long newValue);

    /**
     * Gets an <code>Object</code> field from the given object,
     * using <code>volatile</code> semantics.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @return the retrieved value
     */
    public native Object getObjectVolatile(Object obj, long offset);

    /**
     * Stores an <code>Object</code> field into the given object,
     * using <code>volatile</code> semantics.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @param newValue the value to store 
     */
    public native void putObjectVolatile(Object obj, long offset,
            Object newValue);

    /**
     * Gets an <code>int</code> field from the given object.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @return the retrieved value
     */
    public native int getInt(Object obj, long offset);

    /**
     * Stores an <code>int</code> field into the given object.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @param newValue the value to store 
     */
    public native void putInt(Object obj, long offset, int newValue);
    
    /**
     * Gets a <code>long</code> field from the given object.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @return the retrieved value
     */
    public native long getLong(Object obj, long offset);

    /**
     * Stores a <code>long</code> field into the given object.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @param newValue the value to store 
     */
    public native void putLong(Object obj, long offset, long newValue);

    /**
     * Gets an <code>Object</code> field from the given object.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @return the retrieved value
     */
    public native Object getObject(Object obj, long offset);

    /**
     * Stores an <code>Object</code> field into the given object.
     * 
     * @param obj non-null; object containing the field
     * @param offset offset to the field within <code>obj</code>
     * @param newValue the value to store 
     */
    public native void putObject(Object obj, long offset, Object newValue);

    /**
     * Parks the calling thread for the specified amount of time,
     * unless the "permit" for the thread is already available (due to
     * a previous call to {@link #unpark}. This method may also return
     * spuriously (that is, without the thread being told to unpark
     * and without the indicated amount of time elapsing).
     * 
     * <p>See {@link java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport} for more
     * in-depth information of the behavior of this method.</p>
     * 
     * @param absolute whether the given time value is absolute
     * milliseconds-since-the-epoch (<code>true</code>) or relative
     * nanoseconds-from-now (<code>false</code>)
     * @param time the (absolute millis or relative nanos) time value
     */
    public void park(boolean absolute, long time) {
        if (absolute) {
            lang.parkUntil(time);
        } else {
            lang.parkFor(time);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Unparks the given object, which must be a {@link Thread}.
     * 
     * <p>See {@link java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport} for more
     * in-depth information of the behavior of this method.</p>
     *
     * @param obj non-null; the object to unpark
     */
    public void unpark(Object obj) {
        if (obj instanceof Thread) {
            lang.unpark((Thread) obj);
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("valid for Threads only");
        }
    }

    // TODO(danfuzz): Stuff goes here.
}