On 06/10/15 05:32, Gil Tene wrote: > I don't think of this as platform specific. And it's not much lower > level than e.g. some java.util.concurrent stuff (but probably > doesn't belong in that package because it's not really about > concurrency). I'm looking for a proper Java SE spec'ed way to do > this. So sun.misc.* won't work. I'm sure we don't want another > Unsafe for people to abuse... > > But naming the class and method is the smaller, easier detail. Right? ;-)
Sure. I would have thought, though, that java.util.concurrent was a natural home for this. Is there any kind of userland spinlock which is not about concurrency? Andrew.