util/concurrent/Exchanger.java

/*
 * Written by Doug Lea, Bill Scherer, and Michael Scott with
 * assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 Expert Group and released to
 * the public domain, as explained at
 * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
 */

package java.util.concurrent;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.*;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
import java.util.Random;

/**
 * A synchronization point at which two threads can exchange objects.
 * Each thread presents some object on entry to the {@link #exchange
 * exchange} method, and receives the object presented by the other
 * thread on return.
 *
 * <p><b>Sample Usage:</b>
 * Here are the highlights of a class that uses an <tt>Exchanger</tt> to
 * swap buffers between threads so that the thread filling the
 * buffer gets a freshly
 * emptied one when it needs it, handing off the filled one to
 * the thread emptying the buffer.
 * <pre>
 * class FillAndEmpty {
 *   Exchanger&lt;DataBuffer&gt; exchanger = new Exchanger();
 *   DataBuffer initialEmptyBuffer = ... a made-up type
 *   DataBuffer initialFullBuffer = ...
 *
 *   class FillingLoop implements Runnable {
 *     public void run() {
 *       DataBuffer currentBuffer = initialEmptyBuffer;
 *       try {
 *         while (currentBuffer != null) {
 *           addToBuffer(currentBuffer);
 *           if (currentBuffer.full())
 *             currentBuffer = exchanger.exchange(currentBuffer);
 *         }
 *       } catch (InterruptedException ex) { ... handle ... }
 *     }
 *   }
 *
 *   class EmptyingLoop implements Runnable {
 *     public void run() {
 *       DataBuffer currentBuffer = initialFullBuffer;
 *       try {
 *         while (currentBuffer != null) {
 *           takeFromBuffer(currentBuffer);
 *           if (currentBuffer.empty())
 *             currentBuffer = exchanger.exchange(currentBuffer);
 *         }
 *       } catch (InterruptedException ex) { ... handle ...}
 *     }
 *   }
 *
 *   void start() {
 *     new Thread(new FillingLoop()).start();
 *     new Thread(new EmptyingLoop()).start();
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @author Doug Lea and Bill Scherer and Michael Scott
 * @param <V> The type of objects that may be exchanged
 */
public class Exchanger<V> {
    /*
     * The underlying idea is to use a stack to hold nodes containing
     * pairs of items to be exchanged. Except that:
     *
     *  *  Only one element of the pair is known on creation by a
     *     first-arriving thread; the other is a "hole" waiting to be
     *     filled in. This is a degenerate form of the dual stacks
     *     described in "Nonblocking Concurrent Objects with Condition
     *     Synchronization",  by W. N. Scherer III and M. L. Scott.
     *     18th Annual Conf. on  Distributed Computing, Oct. 2004.
     *     It is "degenerate" in that both the items and the holes
     *     are shared in the same nodes.
     *
     *  *  There isn't really a stack here! There can't be -- if two
     *     nodes were both in the stack, they should cancel themselves
     *     out by combining. So that's what we do. The 0th element of
     *     the "arena" array serves only as the top of stack.  The
     *     remainder of the array is a form of the elimination backoff
     *     collision array described in "A Scalable Lock-free Stack
     *     Algorithm", by D. Hendler, N. Shavit, and L. Yerushalmi.
     *     16th ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and
     *     Architectures, June 2004. Here, threads spin (using short
     *     timed waits with exponential backoff) looking for each
     *     other.  If they fail to find others waiting, they try the
     *     top spot again.  As shown in that paper, this always
     *     converges.
     *
     * The backoff elimination mechanics never come into play in
     * common usages where only two threads ever meet to exchange
     * items, but they prevent contention bottlenecks when an
     * exchanger is used by a large number of threads.
     */

    /** 
     * Size of collision space. Using a size of half the number of
     * CPUs provides enough space for threads to find each other but
     * not so much that it would always require one or more to time
     * out to become unstuck. Note that the arena array holds SIZE+1
     * elements, to include the top-of-stack slot.
     */
    private static final int SIZE = 
        (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() + 1) / 2;

    /**
     * Base unit in nanoseconds for backoffs. Must be a power of two.
     * Should be small because backoffs exponentially increase from
     * base.
     */
    private static final long BACKOFF_BASE = 128L;

    /** 
     * Sentinel item representing cancellation.  This value is placed
     * in holes on cancellation, and used as a return value from Node
     * methods to indicate failure to set or get hole.
     **/
    static final Object FAIL = new Object();

    /** 
     * The collision arena. arena[0] is used as the top of the stack.
     * The remainder is used as the collision elimination space.
     * Each slot holds an AtomicReference<Node>, but this cannot be 
     * expressed for arrays, so elements are casted on each use.
     */
    private final AtomicReference[] arena;

    /** Generator for random backoffs and delays. */
    private final Random random = new Random();

    /**
     * Creates a new Exchanger.
     */
    public Exchanger() {
        arena = new AtomicReference[SIZE + 1];
        for (int i = 0; i < arena.length; ++i)
            arena[i] = new AtomicReference();
    }

    /**
     * Main exchange function, handling the different policy variants.
     * Uses Object, not "V" as argument and return value to simplify
     * handling of internal sentinel values. Callers from public
     * methods cast accordingly.
     * @param item the item to exchange.
     * @param timed true if the wait is timed.
     * @param nanos if timed, the maximum wait time.
     * @return the other thread's item.
     */
    private Object doExchange(Object item, boolean timed, long nanos)
        throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
        Node me = new Node(item);
        long lastTime = (timed)? System.nanoTime() : 0;
        int idx = 0;     // start out at slot representing top
        int backoff = 0; // increases on failure to occupy a slot

        for (;;) {
            AtomicReference<Node> slot = (AtomicReference<Node>)arena[idx];

            // If this slot is already occupied, there is a waiting item...
            Node you = slot.get();
            if (you != null) {
                Object v = you.fillHole(item);
                slot.compareAndSet(you, null);
                if (v != FAIL)       // ... unless it was cancelled
                    return v;
            }

            // Try to occupy this slot
            if (slot.compareAndSet(null, me)) {
                // If this is top slot, use regular wait, else backoff-wait
                Object v = ((idx == 0)?
                            me.waitForHole(timed, nanos) :
                            me.waitForHole(true, randomDelay(backoff)));
                slot.compareAndSet(me, null);
                if (v != FAIL)
                    return v;
                if (Thread.interrupted())
                    throw new InterruptedException();
                if (timed) {
                    long now = System.nanoTime();
                    nanos -= now - lastTime;
                    lastTime = now;
                    if (nanos <= 0)
                        throw new TimeoutException();
                }

                me = new Node(item);      // Throw away nodes on failure
                if (backoff < SIZE - 1)   // Increase or stay saturated
                    ++backoff;
                idx = 0;                  // Restart at top
            }

            else // Retry with a random non-top slot <= backoff
                idx = 1 + random.nextInt(backoff + 1);

        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns a random delay less than (base times (2 raised to backoff))
     */
    private long randomDelay(int backoff) {
        return ((BACKOFF_BASE << backoff) - 1) & random.nextInt();
    }

    /**
     * Nodes hold partially exchanged data. This class
     * opportunistically subclasses AtomicReference to represent the
     * hole. So get() returns hole, and compareAndSet CAS'es value
     * into hole.  Note that this class cannot be parameterized as V
     * because the sentinel value FAIL is only of type Object.
     */
    static final class Node extends AtomicReference<Object> {
        /** The element offered by the Thread creating this node. */
        final Object item;
        /** The Thread creating this node. */
        final Thread waiter;

        /**
         * Creates node with given item and empty hole.
         * @param item the item.
         */
        Node(Object item) {
            this.item = item;
            waiter = Thread.currentThread();
        }

        /**
         * Tries to fill in hole. On success, wakes up the waiter.
         * @param val the value to place in hole.
         * @return on success, the item; on failure, FAIL.
         */
        Object fillHole(Object val) {
            if (compareAndSet(null, val)) {
                LockSupport.unpark(waiter);
                return item;
            }
            return FAIL;
        }

        /**
         * Wait for and get the hole filled in by another thread.
         * Fail if timed out or interrupted before hole filled.
         * @param timed true if the wait is timed.
         * @param nanos if timed, the maximum wait time.
         * @return on success, the hole; on failure, FAIL.
         */
        Object waitForHole(boolean timed, long nanos) {
            long lastTime = (timed)? System.nanoTime() : 0;
            Object h = get();
            while (h == null) {
                if (!timed)
                    LockSupport.park();
                else {
                    LockSupport.parkNanos(nanos);
                    long now = System.nanoTime();
                    nanos -= now - lastTime;
                    lastTime = now;
                }
                // If interrupted or timed out, try to cancel by
                // CASing FAIL as hole value.
                if ((h = get()) == null &&
                    (Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted() ||
                     (timed && nanos <= 0))) {
                    compareAndSet(null, FAIL);
                    h = get();
                }
            }
            return h;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Waits for another thread to arrive at this exchange point (unless
     * it is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted}),
     * and then transfers the given object to it, receiving its object
     * in return.
     * <p>If another thread is already waiting at the exchange point then
     * it is resumed for thread scheduling purposes and receives the object
     * passed in by the current thread. The current thread returns immediately,
     * receiving the object passed to the exchange by that other thread.
     * <p>If no other thread is already waiting at the exchange then the
     * current thread is disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies
     * dormant until one of two things happens:
     * <ul>
     * <li>Some other thread enters the exchange; or
     * <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} the current
     * thread.
     * </ul>
     * <p>If the current thread:
     * <ul>
     * <li>has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
     * <li>is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting
     * for the exchange,
     * </ul>
     * then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's
     * interrupted status is cleared.
     *
     * @param x the object to exchange
     * @return the object provided by the other thread.
     * @throws InterruptedException if current thread was interrupted
     * while waiting
     */
    public V exchange(V x) throws InterruptedException {
        try {
            return (V)doExchange(x, false, 0);
        } catch (TimeoutException cannotHappen) {
            throw new Error(cannotHappen);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Waits for another thread to arrive at this exchange point (unless
     * it is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted}, or the specified waiting
     * time elapses),
     * and then transfers the given object to it, receiving its object
     * in return.
     *
     * <p>If another thread is already waiting at the exchange point then
     * it is resumed for thread scheduling purposes and receives the object
     * passed in by the current thread. The current thread returns immediately,
     * receiving the object passed to the exchange by that other thread.
     *
     * <p>If no other thread is already waiting at the exchange then the
     * current thread is disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies
     * dormant until one of three things happens:
     * <ul>
     * <li>Some other thread enters the exchange; or
     * <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} the current
     * thread; or
     * <li>The specified waiting time elapses.
     * </ul>
     * <p>If the current thread:
     * <ul>
     * <li>has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
     * <li>is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting
     * for the exchange,
     * </ul>
     * then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's
     * interrupted status is cleared.
     *
     * <p>If the specified waiting time elapses then {@link TimeoutException}
     * is thrown.
     * If the time is
     * less than or equal to zero, the method will not wait at all.
     *
     * @param x the object to exchange
     * @param timeout the maximum time to wait
     * @param unit the time unit of the <tt>timeout</tt> argument.
     * @return the object provided by the other thread.
     * @throws InterruptedException if current thread was interrupted
     * while waiting
     * @throws TimeoutException if the specified waiting time elapses before
     * another thread enters the exchange.
     */
    public V exchange(V x, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
        throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
        return (V)doExchange(x, true, unit.toNanos(timeout));
    }
}
Revision:	1.16
Committed:	Sun May 1 11:48:44 2005 UTC (19 years, 1 month ago) by dl
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.15:	+197 -75 lines
Log Message:	Replace algorithm with more scalable one that also fixes timeout bug
#	Content
1	/*
2	* Written by Doug Lea, Bill Scherer, and Michael Scott with
3	* assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 Expert Group and released to
4	* the public domain, as explained at
5	* http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
6	*/
7
8	package java.util.concurrent;
9	import java.util.concurrent.locks.*;
10	import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
11	import java.util.Random;
12
13	/**
14	* A synchronization point at which two threads can exchange objects.
15	* Each thread presents some object on entry to the {@link #exchange
16	* exchange} method, and receives the object presented by the other
17	* thread on return.
18	*
19	* <p><b>Sample Usage:</b>
20	* Here are the highlights of a class that uses an <tt>Exchanger</tt> to
21	* swap buffers between threads so that the thread filling the
22	* buffer gets a freshly
23	* emptied one when it needs it, handing off the filled one to
24	* the thread emptying the buffer.
25	* <pre>
26	* class FillAndEmpty {
27	* Exchanger<DataBuffer> exchanger = new Exchanger();
28	* DataBuffer initialEmptyBuffer = ... a made-up type
29	* DataBuffer initialFullBuffer = ...
30	*
31	* class FillingLoop implements Runnable {
32	* public void run() {
33	* DataBuffer currentBuffer = initialEmptyBuffer;
34	* try {
35	* while (currentBuffer != null) {
36	* addToBuffer(currentBuffer);
37	* if (currentBuffer.full())
38	* currentBuffer = exchanger.exchange(currentBuffer);
39	* }
40	* } catch (InterruptedException ex) { ... handle ... }
41	* }
42	* }
43	*
44	* class EmptyingLoop implements Runnable {
45	* public void run() {
46	* DataBuffer currentBuffer = initialFullBuffer;
47	* try {
48	* while (currentBuffer != null) {
49	* takeFromBuffer(currentBuffer);
50	* if (currentBuffer.empty())
51	* currentBuffer = exchanger.exchange(currentBuffer);
52	* }
53	* } catch (InterruptedException ex) { ... handle ...}
54	* }
55	* }
56	*
57	* void start() {
58	* new Thread(new FillingLoop()).start();
59	* new Thread(new EmptyingLoop()).start();
60	* }
61	* }
62	* </pre>
63	*
64	* @since 1.5
65	* @author Doug Lea and Bill Scherer and Michael Scott
66	* @param <V> The type of objects that may be exchanged
67	*/
68	public class Exchanger<V> {
69	/*
70	* The underlying idea is to use a stack to hold nodes containing
71	* pairs of items to be exchanged. Except that:
72	*
73	* * Only one element of the pair is known on creation by a
74	* first-arriving thread; the other is a "hole" waiting to be
75	* filled in. This is a degenerate form of the dual stacks
76	* described in "Nonblocking Concurrent Objects with Condition
77	* Synchronization", by W. N. Scherer III and M. L. Scott.
78	* 18th Annual Conf. on Distributed Computing, Oct. 2004.
79	* It is "degenerate" in that both the items and the holes
80	* are shared in the same nodes.
81	*
82	* * There isn't really a stack here! There can't be -- if two
83	* nodes were both in the stack, they should cancel themselves
84	* out by combining. So that's what we do. The 0th element of
85	* the "arena" array serves only as the top of stack. The
86	* remainder of the array is a form of the elimination backoff
87	* collision array described in "A Scalable Lock-free Stack
88	* Algorithm", by D. Hendler, N. Shavit, and L. Yerushalmi.
89	* 16th ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and
90	* Architectures, June 2004. Here, threads spin (using short
91	* timed waits with exponential backoff) looking for each
92	* other. If they fail to find others waiting, they try the
93	* top spot again. As shown in that paper, this always
94	* converges.
95	*
96	* The backoff elimination mechanics never come into play in
97	* common usages where only two threads ever meet to exchange
98	* items, but they prevent contention bottlenecks when an
99	* exchanger is used by a large number of threads.
100	*/
101
102	/**
103	* Size of collision space. Using a size of half the number of
104	* CPUs provides enough space for threads to find each other but
105	* not so much that it would always require one or more to time
106	* out to become unstuck. Note that the arena array holds SIZE+1
107	* elements, to include the top-of-stack slot.
108	*/
109	private static final int SIZE =
110	(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() + 1) / 2;
111
112	/**
113	* Base unit in nanoseconds for backoffs. Must be a power of two.
114	* Should be small because backoffs exponentially increase from
115	* base.
116	*/
117	private static final long BACKOFF_BASE = 128L;
118
119	/**
120	* Sentinel item representing cancellation. This value is placed
121	* in holes on cancellation, and used as a return value from Node
122	* methods to indicate failure to set or get hole.
123	**/
124	static final Object FAIL = new Object();
125
126	/**
127	* The collision arena. arena[0] is used as the top of the stack.
128	* The remainder is used as the collision elimination space.
129	* Each slot holds an AtomicReference<Node>, but this cannot be
130	* expressed for arrays, so elements are casted on each use.
131	*/
132	private final AtomicReference[] arena;
133
134	/** Generator for random backoffs and delays. */
135	private final Random random = new Random();
136
137	/**
138	* Creates a new Exchanger.
139	*/
140	public Exchanger() {
141	arena = new AtomicReference[SIZE + 1];
142	for (int i = 0; i < arena.length; ++i)
143	arena[i] = new AtomicReference();
144	}
145
146	/**
147	* Main exchange function, handling the different policy variants.
148	* Uses Object, not "V" as argument and return value to simplify
149	* handling of internal sentinel values. Callers from public
150	* methods cast accordingly.
151	* @param item the item to exchange.
152	* @param timed true if the wait is timed.
153	* @param nanos if timed, the maximum wait time.
154	* @return the other thread's item.
155	*/
156	private Object doExchange(Object item, boolean timed, long nanos)
157	throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
158	Node me = new Node(item);
159	long lastTime = (timed)? System.nanoTime() : 0;
160	int idx = 0; // start out at slot representing top
161	int backoff = 0; // increases on failure to occupy a slot
162
163	for (;;) {
164	AtomicReference<Node> slot = (AtomicReference<Node>)arena[idx];
165
166	// If this slot is already occupied, there is a waiting item...
167	Node you = slot.get();
168	if (you != null) {
169	Object v = you.fillHole(item);
170	slot.compareAndSet(you, null);
171	if (v != FAIL) // ... unless it was cancelled
172	return v;
173	}
174
175	// Try to occupy this slot
176	if (slot.compareAndSet(null, me)) {
177	// If this is top slot, use regular wait, else backoff-wait
178	Object v = ((idx == 0)?
179	me.waitForHole(timed, nanos) :
180	me.waitForHole(true, randomDelay(backoff)));
181	slot.compareAndSet(me, null);
182	if (v != FAIL)
183	return v;
184	if (Thread.interrupted())
185	throw new InterruptedException();
186	if (timed) {
187	long now = System.nanoTime();
188	nanos -= now - lastTime;
189	lastTime = now;
190	if (nanos <= 0)
191	throw new TimeoutException();
192	}
193
194	me = new Node(item); // Throw away nodes on failure
195	if (backoff < SIZE - 1) // Increase or stay saturated
196	++backoff;
197	idx = 0; // Restart at top
198	}
199
200	else // Retry with a random non-top slot <= backoff
201	idx = 1 + random.nextInt(backoff + 1);
202
203	}
204	}
205
206	/**
207	* Returns a random delay less than (base times (2 raised to backoff))
208	*/
209	private long randomDelay(int backoff) {
210	return ((BACKOFF_BASE << backoff) - 1) & random.nextInt();
211	}
212
213	/**
214	* Nodes hold partially exchanged data. This class
215	* opportunistically subclasses AtomicReference to represent the
216	* hole. So get() returns hole, and compareAndSet CAS'es value
217	* into hole. Note that this class cannot be parameterized as V
218	* because the sentinel value FAIL is only of type Object.
219	*/
220	static final class Node extends AtomicReference<Object> {
221	/** The element offered by the Thread creating this node. */
222	final Object item;
223	/** The Thread creating this node. */
224	final Thread waiter;
225
226	/**
227	* Creates node with given item and empty hole.
228	* @param item the item.
229	*/
230	Node(Object item) {
231	this.item = item;
232	waiter = Thread.currentThread();
233	}
234
235	/**
236	* Tries to fill in hole. On success, wakes up the waiter.
237	* @param val the value to place in hole.
238	* @return on success, the item; on failure, FAIL.
239	*/
240	Object fillHole(Object val) {
241	if (compareAndSet(null, val)) {
242	LockSupport.unpark(waiter);
243	return item;
244	}
245	return FAIL;
246	}
247
248	/**
249	* Wait for and get the hole filled in by another thread.
250	* Fail if timed out or interrupted before hole filled.
251	* @param timed true if the wait is timed.
252	* @param nanos if timed, the maximum wait time.
253	* @return on success, the hole; on failure, FAIL.
254	*/
255	Object waitForHole(boolean timed, long nanos) {
256	long lastTime = (timed)? System.nanoTime() : 0;
257	Object h = get();
258	while (h == null) {
259	if (!timed)
260	LockSupport.park();
261	else {
262	LockSupport.parkNanos(nanos);
263	long now = System.nanoTime();
264	nanos -= now - lastTime;
265	lastTime = now;
266	}
267	// If interrupted or timed out, try to cancel by
268	// CASing FAIL as hole value.
269	if ((h = get()) == null &&
270	(Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted() \|\|
271	(timed && nanos <= 0))) {
272	compareAndSet(null, FAIL);
273	h = get();
274	}
275	}
276	return h;
277	}
278	}
279
280	/**
281	* Waits for another thread to arrive at this exchange point (unless
282	* it is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted}),
283	* and then transfers the given object to it, receiving its object
284	* in return.
285	* <p>If another thread is already waiting at the exchange point then
286	* it is resumed for thread scheduling purposes and receives the object
287	* passed in by the current thread. The current thread returns immediately,
288	* receiving the object passed to the exchange by that other thread.
289	* <p>If no other thread is already waiting at the exchange then the
290	* current thread is disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies
291	* dormant until one of two things happens:
292	* <ul>
293	* <li>Some other thread enters the exchange; or
294	* <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} the current
295	* thread.
296	* </ul>
297	* <p>If the current thread:
298	* <ul>
299	* <li>has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
300	* <li>is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting
301	* for the exchange,
302	* </ul>
303	* then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's
304	* interrupted status is cleared.
305	*
306	* @param x the object to exchange
307	* @return the object provided by the other thread.
308	* @throws InterruptedException if current thread was interrupted
309	* while waiting
310	*/
311	public V exchange(V x) throws InterruptedException {
312	try {
313	return (V)doExchange(x, false, 0);
314	} catch (TimeoutException cannotHappen) {
315	throw new Error(cannotHappen);
316	}
317	}
318
319	/**
320	* Waits for another thread to arrive at this exchange point (unless
321	* it is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted}, or the specified waiting
322	* time elapses),
323	* and then transfers the given object to it, receiving its object
324	* in return.
325	*
326	* <p>If another thread is already waiting at the exchange point then
327	* it is resumed for thread scheduling purposes and receives the object
328	* passed in by the current thread. The current thread returns immediately,
329	* receiving the object passed to the exchange by that other thread.
330	*
331	* <p>If no other thread is already waiting at the exchange then the
332	* current thread is disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies
333	* dormant until one of three things happens:
334	* <ul>
335	* <li>Some other thread enters the exchange; or
336	* <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} the current
337	* thread; or
338	* <li>The specified waiting time elapses.
339	* </ul>
340	* <p>If the current thread:
341	* <ul>
342	* <li>has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
343	* <li>is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting
344	* for the exchange,
345	* </ul>
346	* then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's
347	* interrupted status is cleared.
348	*
349	* <p>If the specified waiting time elapses then {@link TimeoutException}
350	* is thrown.
351	* If the time is
352	* less than or equal to zero, the method will not wait at all.
353	*
354	* @param x the object to exchange
355	* @param timeout the maximum time to wait
356	* @param unit the time unit of the <tt>timeout</tt> argument.
357	* @return the object provided by the other thread.
358	* @throws InterruptedException if current thread was interrupted
359	* while waiting
360	* @throws TimeoutException if the specified waiting time elapses before
361	* another thread enters the exchange.
362	*/
363	public V exchange(V x, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
364	throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
365	return (V)doExchange(x, true, unit.toNanos(timeout));
366	}
367	}