CharAtomicityTest.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2012 Aleksey Shipilev
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package net.shipilev.concurrent.torture.tests.primitiveAtomicity;

import net.shipilev.concurrent.torture.tests.OneActorOneObserverTest;

/**
 * Tests if primitive chars experience non-atomic reads/writes.
 *
 * @author Aleksey Shipilev (aleksey.shipilev@oracle.com)
 */
public class CharAtomicityTest implements OneActorOneObserverTest<CharAtomicityTest.Specimen> {

    public static class Specimen {
        char x;
    }

    @Override
    public Specimen newState() {
        return new Specimen();
    }

    @Override
    public void actor1(Specimen s) {
        s.x = (char)0xFFFF;
    }

    @Override
    public void observe(Specimen s, byte[] result) {
        char t = s.x;
        result[0] = (byte) t;
        result[1] = (byte) ((t << 16) >> 16); // this is known to exhibit bugs
    }

    @Override
    public int resultSize() {
        return 2;
    }

}