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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.drools.utils;
+
+/**
+ * Reference to an object. Used within functional methods, where thread-safety is not
+ * required.
+ * 
+ * @param <T> type of object contained within the reference
+ */
+public class Reference<T> {
+    private T value;
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     */
+    public Reference(T value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the current value
+     */
+    public final T get() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the reference to point to a new value.
+     * 
+     * @param newValue
+     */
+    public final void set(T newValue) {
+        this.value = newValue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value to a new value, if the value is currently the same as the old value.
+     * 
+     * @param oldValue
+     * @param newValue
+     * @return {@code true} if the value was updated, {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean compareAndSet(T oldValue, T newValue) {
+        if (value == oldValue) {
+            value = newValue;
+            return true;
+
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}