Github user Randgalt commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/curator/pull/128#issuecomment-178076950
Data is an AtomicReference because PathChildrenCache needs to be able to
clear it. As I recall, data is needed temporarily and is cleared if the object
is marked not to cache data.
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