ConcurrencyUtils.java

package org.apache.maven.surefire.util.internal;

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import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

/**
 * Concurrency utilities.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:tibordigana@apache.org">Tibor Digana (tibor17)</a>
 * @since 2.19
 */
public final class ConcurrencyUtils
{
    private ConcurrencyUtils()
    {
        throw new IllegalStateException( "not instantiable constructor" );
    }

    /**
     * Decreases {@code counter} to zero, or does not change the counter if negative.
     * This method pretends been atomic. Only one thread can succeed setting the counter to zero.
     *
     * @param counter atomic counter
     * @return {@code true} if this Thread modified concurrent counter from any positive number down to zero.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings( "checkstyle:emptyforiteratorpad" )
    public static boolean countDownToZero( AtomicInteger counter )
    {
        for (;;)
        {
            int c = counter.get();
            if ( c > 0 )
            {
                int newCounter = c - 1;
                if ( counter.compareAndSet( c, newCounter ) )
                {
                    return newCounter == 0;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
}