"../../../../../reference/java/util/concurrent/atomic/AtomicReferenceArray.html">AtomicReferenceArray</a></code> classes
 further extend atomic operation support to arrays of these types.
 These classes are also notable in providing <code>volatile</code> access
 semantics for their array elements, which is not supported for
 ordinary arrays.

 <p id="weakCompareAndSet">The atomic classes also support method
 <code>weakCompareAndSet</code>, which has limited applicability.  On some
 platforms, the weak versi