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AtomicLong.GetAndDecrement Method

Definition

Atomically decrements the current value, with memory effects as specified by VarHandle#getAndAdd.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getAndDecrement", "()J", "")]
public long GetAndDecrement ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getAndDecrement", "()J", "")>]
member this.GetAndDecrement : unit -> int64

Returns

the previous value

Attributes

Remarks

Atomically decrements the current value, with memory effects as specified by VarHandle#getAndAdd.

Equivalent to getAndAdd(-1).

Java documentation for java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong.getAndDecrement().

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Applies to