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|  | <pre>public interface <span class="strong">IgniteAtomicReference<T></span> | 
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|  | <div class="block">This interface provides a rich API for working with distributed atomic reference. | 
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|  | <h1 class="header">Functionality</h1> | 
|  | Distributed atomic reference includes the following main functionality: | 
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|  | Method <a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html#get()"><code>get()</code></a> gets current value of an atomic reference. | 
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|  | Method <a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html#set(T)"><code>set(Object)</code></a> unconditionally sets the value in the an atomic reference. | 
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|  | Methods <code>compareAndSet(...)</code> conditionally set the value in the an atomic reference. | 
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|  | Method <a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html#name()"><code>name()</code></a> gets name of atomic reference. | 
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|  | <h1 class="header">Creating Distributed Atomic Reference</h1> | 
|  | Instance of distributed atomic reference can be created by calling the following method: | 
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|  | <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td> | 
|  | <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html#close()">close</a></strong>()</code> | 
|  | <div class="block">Removes this atomic reference.</div> | 
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|  | <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td> | 
|  | <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html#compareAndSet(T,%20T)">compareAndSet</a></strong>(<a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html" title="type parameter in IgniteAtomicReference">T</a> expVal, | 
|  | <a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html" title="type parameter in IgniteAtomicReference">T</a> newVal)</code> | 
|  | <div class="block">Conditionally sets the new value.</div> | 
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|  | <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html" title="type parameter in IgniteAtomicReference">T</a></code></td> | 
|  | <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html#get()">get</a></strong>()</code> | 
|  | <div class="block">Gets current value of an atomic reference.</div> | 
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|  | <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td> | 
|  | <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html#name()">name</a></strong>()</code> | 
|  | <div class="block">Name of atomic reference.</div> | 
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|  | <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td> | 
|  | <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html#removed()">removed</a></strong>()</code> | 
|  | <div class="block">Gets status of atomic.</div> | 
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|  | <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td> | 
|  | <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html#set(T)">set</a></strong>(<a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html" title="type parameter in IgniteAtomicReference">T</a> val)</code> | 
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|  | <div class="block">Name of atomic reference.</div> | 
|  | <dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>Name of an atomic reference.</dd></dl> | 
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|  | <div class="block">Gets current value of an atomic reference.</div> | 
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|  | <pre>boolean compareAndSet(<a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html" title="type parameter in IgniteAtomicReference">T</a> expVal, | 
|  | <a href="../../../org/apache/ignite/IgniteAtomicReference.html" title="type parameter in IgniteAtomicReference">T</a> newVal) | 
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|  | <div class="block">Gets status of atomic.</div> | 
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|  | <pre>void close()</pre> | 
|  | <div class="block">Removes this atomic reference.</div> | 
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