libjava/java/lang/InheritableThreadLocal.java

   1 /* InheritableThreadLocal -- a ThreadLocal which inherits values across threads
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  37
  38 package java.lang;
  39
  40 import java.util.Iterator;
  41 import java.util.List;
  42 import java.util.ArrayList;
  43 import java.util.WeakHashMap;
  44
  45 /**
  46  * A ThreadLocal whose value is inherited by child Threads. The value of the
  47  * InheritableThreadLocal associated with the (parent) Thread is copied to
  48  * the new (child) Thread at the moment of creation.
  49  *
  50  * <p>It is possible to make the value associated with the child Thread a
  51  * function of the value that is associated with the parent Thread by
  52  * overriding the <code>childValue()</code> method. The utility of this class
  53  * is in transferring items like User ID or Transaction ID across threads
  54  * automatically.
  55  *
  56  * @author Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
  57  * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
  58  * @see ThreadLocal
  59  * @since 1.2
  60  * @status updated to 1.4
  61  */
  62 public class InheritableThreadLocal extends ThreadLocal
  63 {
  64   /**
  65    * Maps Threads to a List of InheritableThreadLocals (the heritage of that
  66    * Thread). Uses a WeakHashMap so if the Thread is garbage collected the
  67    * List can be collected, too. Maps to a list in case the user overrides
  68    * equals.
  69    */
  70   private static final WeakHashMap threadMap = new WeakHashMap();
  71
  72   /**
  73    * Creates a new InheritableThreadLocal that has no values associated
  74    * with it yet.
  75    */
  76   public InheritableThreadLocal()
  77   {
  78     Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
  79     // Note that we don't have to synchronize, as only this thread will
  80     // ever modify the returned heritage.
  81     List heritage = (List) threadMap.get(currentThread);
  82     if (heritage == null)
  83       {
  84         heritage = new ArrayList();
  85         threadMap.put(currentThread, heritage);
  86       }
  87     heritage.add(this);
  88   }
  89
  90   /**
  91    * Determines the value associated with a newly created child Thread as a
  92    * function of the value associated with the currently executing (parent)
  93    * Thread. The default implementation just returns the parentValue.
  94    *
  95    * @param parentValue the value of this object in the parent thread at
  96    *        the moment of creation of the child
  97    * @return the initial value for the child thread
  98    */
  99   protected Object childValue(Object parentValue)
 100   {
 101     return parentValue;
 102   }
 103
 104   /**
 105    * Generates the childValues of all <code>InheritableThreadLocal</code>s
 106    * that are in the heritage of the current Thread for the newly created
 107    * childThread. Should be called from the contructor Thread.
 108    *
 109    * @param childThread the newly created thread, to inherit from this thread
 110    * @see Thread#Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)
 111    */
 112   static void newChildThread(Thread childThread)
 113   {
 114     // The currentThread is the parent of the new thread.
 115     Thread parentThread = Thread.currentThread();
 116     // Note that we don't have to synchronize, as only this thread will
 117     // ever modify the returned heritage.
 118     ArrayList heritage = (ArrayList) threadMap.get(parentThread);
 119     if (heritage != null)
 120       {
 121         threadMap.put(childThread, heritage.clone());
 122         // Perform the inheritance.
 123         Iterator it = heritage.iterator();
 124         int i = heritage.size();
 125         while (--i >= 0)
 126           {
 127             InheritableThreadLocal local = (InheritableThreadLocal) it.next();
 128             Object parentValue = local.valueMap.get(parentThread);
 129             if (parentValue != null)
 130               {
 131                 Object childValue = local.childValue(parentValue == NULL
 132                                                      ? null : parentValue);
 133                 local.valueMap.put(childThread, (childValue == null
 134                                                  ? NULL : parentValue));
 135               }
 136           }
 137       }
 138   }
 139 }