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+package com.orbekk.same;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+/** Updates a variable on-demand.
+ */
+public class VariableUpdaterTask<T> extends Thread
+        implements Variable.OnChangeListener<T> {
+    private Variable<T> variable;
+    private T newValue;
+    private AtomicBoolean hasNewValue = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    private AtomicBoolean isReady = new AtomicBoolean(true);
+    
+    public VariableUpdaterTask(Variable<T> variable) {
+        this.variable = variable;
+    }
+    
+    public synchronized void set(T newValue) {
+        this.newValue = newValue;
+        hasNewValue.set(true);
+        notifyAll();
+    }
+    
+    /** Update the variable once. */
+    public void performWork() {
+        boolean shouldDoWork = false;
+        synchronized(this) {
+            shouldDoWork = hasNewValue.get() && isReady.get();
+            hasNewValue.set(false);
+            isReady.set(false);
+        }
+        if (shouldDoWork) {
+            variable.set(newValue);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private synchronized void waitFor(AtomicBoolean v) {
+        while(!v.get()) {
+            try {
+                wait();
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public void run() {
+        while (true) {
+            waitFor(isReady);
+            waitFor(hasNewValue);
+            if (Thread.interrupted()) {
+                break;
+            }
+            performWork();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void valueChanged(Variable<T> unused) {
+        isReady.set(true);
+        notifyAll();
+    }
+}
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