ConcurrentSkipListMap.PutIfAbsent(Object, Object) Method

Definition

Namespace:: Java.Util.Concurrent

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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If the specified key is not already associated with a value, associates it with the given value.

[Android.Runtime.Register("putIfAbsent", "(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;", "GetPutIfAbsent_Ljava_lang_Object_Ljava_lang_Object_Handler")]
public virtual Java.Lang.Object? PutIfAbsent(Java.Lang.Object? key, Java.Lang.Object? value);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("putIfAbsent", "(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;", "GetPutIfAbsent_Ljava_lang_Object_Ljava_lang_Object_Handler")>]
abstract member PutIfAbsent : Java.Lang.Object * Java.Lang.Object -> Java.Lang.Object
override this.PutIfAbsent : Java.Lang.Object * Java.Lang.Object -> Java.Lang.Object

Parameters

key: Object

key with which the specified value is to be associated

value: Object

value to be associated with the specified key

Returns

Object

the previous value associated with the specified key, or null if there was no mapping for the key

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

If the specified key is not already associated with a value, associates it with the given value.

This is equivalent to, for this map:

if (!map.containsKey(key))
  return map.put(key, value);
else
  return map.get(key);

except that the action is performed atomically.

Java reference for java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentSkipListMap.putIfAbsent.

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Applies to