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package com.google.common.util.concurrent;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceArray;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to classes in the
 * {@code java.util.concurrent.atomic} package.
 *
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 * @since 10.0
 */
public final class Atomics {
  private Atomics() {}

  /**
   * Creates an {@code AtomicReference} instance with no initial value.
   *
   * @return a new {@code AtomicReference} with no initial value
   */
  public static <V> AtomicReference<V> newReference() {
    return new AtomicReference<V>();
  }

  /**
   * Creates an {@code AtomicReference} instance with the given initial value.
   *
   * @param initialValue the initial value
   * @return a new {@code AtomicReference} with the given initial value
   */
  public static <V> AtomicReference<V> newReference(@Nullable V initialValue) {
    return new AtomicReference<V>(initialValue);
  }

  /**
   * Creates an {@code AtomicReferenceArray} instance of given length.
   *
   * @param length the length of the array
   * @return a new {@code AtomicReferenceArray} with the given length
   */
  public static <E> AtomicReferenceArray<E> newReferenceArray(int length) {
    return new AtomicReferenceArray<E>(length);
  }

  /**
   * Creates an {@code AtomicReferenceArray} instance with the same length as,
   * and all elements copied from, the given array.
   *
   * @param array the array to copy elements from
   * @return a new {@code AtomicReferenceArray} copied from the given array
   */
  public static <E> AtomicReferenceArray<E> newReferenceArray(E[] array) {
    return new AtomicReferenceArray<E>(array);
  }
}