Struct atomic_box::AtomicBox

pub struct AtomicBox<T> { /* fields omitted */ }

A struct which allows multiple threads to safely update and read from a shared non-nullable pointer to heap data

Methods

impl<T> AtomicBox<T>

fn new(data: T) -> AtomicBox<T>

Create a new atomic box from data

fn load(&self) -> Arc<T>

Get an Arc<T> pointing to the value currently stored in the box

fn store(&self, data: T)

Update the value stored in the box to point to data, the previous data will be reclaimed once the last reader has dropped their reference.

fn swap(&self, data: T) -> Box<Arc<T>>

Swap the current value with data, returning a boxed Arc<T> pointing to the old value

Trait Implementations

impl<T> Drop for AtomicBox<T>

fn drop(&mut self)

A method called when the value goes out of scope.

impl<T> Debug for AtomicBox<T> where
    T: Debug, 

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.