Class java.lang.InheritableThreadLocal
java.lang.Object
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+--java.lang.ThreadLocal
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+--java.lang.InheritableThreadLocal
- public class InheritableThreadLocal
- extends ThreadLocal
This class extends ThreadLocal to provide inheritance of values from parent
Thread to child Thread: when a child thread is created, the child receives
initial values for all InheritableThreadLocals for which the parent has
values. Normally the child's values will be identical to the parent's;
however, the child's value can be made an arbitrary function of the parent's
by overriding the childValue method in this class.
InheritableThreadLocal variables are used in preference to ordinary
ThreadLocal variables when the per-thread-attribute being maintained in the
variable (e.g., User ID, Transaction ID) must be automatically transmitted
to any child threads that are created.
- Since:
- JDK1.2
- See Also:
ThreadLocal
Method Summary
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protected Object
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childValue(Object parentValue)
Computes the child's initial value for this InheritableThreadLocal
as a function of the parent's value at the time the child Thread is
created. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone
, equals
, finalize
, getClass
, hashCode
, notify
, notifyAll
, toString
, wait
, wait
, wait
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InheritableThreadLocal
public InheritableThreadLocal()
- Creates an InheritableThreadLocal variable.
childValue
protected Object childValue(Object parentValue)
- Computes the child's initial value for this InheritableThreadLocal
as a function of the parent's value at the time the child Thread is
created. This method is called from within the parent thread before
the child is started.
This method merely returns its input argument, and should be overridden
if a different behavior is desired.
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