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package org.apache.cassandra.cache;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

import org.apache.cassandra.io.util.Memory;

public class RefCountedMemory extends Memory
{
    private final AtomicInteger references = new AtomicInteger(1);

    public RefCountedMemory(long size)
    {
        super(size);
    }

    /**
     * @return true if we succeed in referencing before the reference count reaches zero.
     * (A FreeableMemory object is created with a reference count of one.)
     */
    public boolean reference()
    {
        while (true)
        {
            int n = references.get();
            if (n <= 0)
                return false;
            if (references.compareAndSet(n, n + 1))
                return true;
        }
    }

    /** decrement reference count.  if count reaches zero, the object is freed. */
    public void unreference()
    {
        if (references.decrementAndGet() == 0)
            free();
    }
}