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Problem :

I searched for an simple example of AtomicLong vs Long problem.

Thanks to Ecosia IA (ChatGPT), here is a simple example

Solution :

Result is : 

• Counter value (Long): 34938
• Counter value (AtomicLong): 100000

Here is the code :

package tools;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;

public class AtomicLongExample {
    private static Long counter = 0L;
    private static AtomicLong atomicCounter = new AtomicLong(0);

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Create and start multiple threads
        Thread[] threads = new Thread[100];
        for (int i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
            threads[i] = new Thread(new CounterRunnable());
            threads[i].start();
        }

        // Wait for all threads to finish
        for (Thread thread : threads) {
            try {
                thread.join();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        System.out.println("Counter value (Long): " + counter);
        System.out.println("Counter value (AtomicLong): " + atomicCounter.get());
    }

    static class CounterRunnable implements Runnable {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            // Increment the counter using Long variable within a loop
            // This may lead to race conditions and incorrect results
            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
                counter++;
            }

            // Increment the counter using AtomicLong within a loop
            // This ensures atomicity and thread-safety
            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
                atomicCounter.incrementAndGet();
            }
        }
    }
}