geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/concurrent/Atomics.java

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package org.apache.geode.internal.concurrent;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;

public class Atomics {
  private Atomics() {}

  /**
   * Use it only when threads are doing incremental updates. If updates are random then this method
   * may not be optimal.
   */
  public static boolean setIfGreater(AtomicLong atom, long update) {
    while (true) {
      long cur = atom.get();

      if (update > cur) {
        if (atom.compareAndSet(cur, update))
          return true;
      } else
        return false;
    }
  }
}