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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2009 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package com.intellij.openapi.util;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+/**
+ * @author peter
+ */
+public abstract class VolatileNotNullLazyValue<T> {
+
+  private volatile T myValue;
+
+  @NotNull
+  protected abstract T compute();
+
+  @NotNull
+  public final T getValue() {
+    T value = myValue;
+    if (value != null) {
+      return value;
+    }
+    value = myValue = compute();
+    return value;
+  }
+}
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