gomp-20050608-branch/libjava/classpath/java/lang/ThreadLocal.java

   1 /* ThreadLocal -- a variable with a unique value per thread
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  37
  38 package java.lang;
  39
  40 import java.util.Map;
  41
  42
  43 /**
  44  * ThreadLocal objects have a different state associated with every
  45  * Thread that accesses them. Every access to the ThreadLocal object
  46  * (through the <code>get()</code> and <code>set()</code> methods)
  47  * only affects the state of the object as seen by the currently
  48  * executing Thread.
  49  *
  50  * <p>The first time a ThreadLocal object is accessed on a particular
  51  * Thread, the state for that Thread's copy of the local variable is set by
  52  * executing the method <code>initialValue()</code>.
  53  * </p>
  54  *
  55  * <p>An example how you can use this:
  56  * </p>
  57  *
  58  * <pre>
  59  * class Connection
  60  * {
  61  *   private static ThreadLocal owner = new ThreadLocal()
  62  *     {
  63  *       public Object initialValue()
  64  *       {
  65  *         return("nobody");
  66  *       }
  67  *     };
  68  * ...
  69  * }
  70  * </pre>
  71  *
  72  * <p>Now all instances of connection can see who the owner of the currently
  73  * executing Thread is by calling <code>owner.get()</code>. By default any
  74  * Thread would be associated with 'nobody'. But the Connection object could
  75  * offer a method that changes the owner associated with the Thread on
  76  * which the method was called by calling <code>owner.put("somebody")</code>.
  77  * (Such an owner changing method should then be guarded by security checks.)
  78  * </p>
  79  *
  80  * <p>When a Thread is garbage collected all references to values of
  81  * the ThreadLocal objects associated with that Thread are removed.
  82  * </p>
  83  *
  84  * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
  85  * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
  86  * @since 1.2
  87  * @status updated to 1.4
  88  */
  89 public class ThreadLocal
  90 {
  91   /**
  92    * Placeholder to distinguish between uninitialized and null set by the
  93    * user. Do not expose this to the public. Package visible for use by
  94    * InheritableThreadLocal
  95    */
  96   static final Object NULL = new Object();
  97
  98   /**
  99    * Creates a ThreadLocal object without associating any value to it yet.
 100    */
 101   public ThreadLocal()
 102   {
 103   }
 104
 105   /**
 106    * Called once per thread on the first invocation of get(), if set() was
 107    * not already called. The default implementation returns <code>null</code>.
 108    * Often, this method is overridden to create the appropriate initial object
 109    * for the current thread's view of the ThreadLocal.
 110    *
 111    * @return the initial value of the variable in this thread
 112    */
 113   protected Object initialValue()
 114   {
 115     return null;
 116   }
 117
 118   /**
 119    * Gets the value associated with the ThreadLocal object for the currently
 120    * executing Thread. If this is the first time the current thread has called
 121    * get(), and it has not already called set(), the value is obtained by
 122    * <code>initialValue()</code>.
 123    *
 124    * @return the value of the variable in this thread
 125    */
 126   public Object get()
 127   {
 128     Map map = Thread.getThreadLocals();
 129     // Note that we don't have to synchronize, as only this thread will
 130     // ever modify the map.
 131     Object value = map.get(this);
 132     if (value == null)
 133       {
 134         value = initialValue();
 135         map.put(this, value == null ? NULL : value);
 136       }
 137     return value == NULL ? null : value;
 138   }
 139
 140   /**
 141    * Sets the value associated with the ThreadLocal object for the currently
 142    * executing Thread. This overrides any existing value associated with the
 143    * current Thread and prevents <code>initialValue()</code> from being
 144    * called if this is the first access to this ThreadLocal in this Thread.
 145    *
 146    * @param value the value to set this thread's view of the variable to
 147    */
 148   public void set(Object value)
 149   {
 150     Map map = Thread.getThreadLocals();
 151     // Note that we don't have to synchronize, as only this thread will
 152     // ever modify the map.
 153     map.put(this, value == null ? NULL : value);
 154   }
 155 }