java.lang
Class InheritableThreadLocal<T>

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.ThreadLocal<T>
      java.lang.InheritableThreadLocal<T>

public class InheritableThreadLocal<T>
extends ThreadLocal<T>

InheritableThreadLocal provides thread local variables that inherit their default value from the parent thread.

Since:

1.2

Constructor Summary

InheritableThreadLocal()
Constructor for an inheritable thread local variable

Method Summary

protected T

childValue(T parentValue) childValue computes the initial value of an this inheritable thread local variable as a function of the value of the parent.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ThreadLocal

get, initialValue, remove, set

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

InheritableThreadLocal

public InheritableThreadLocal()

Constructor for an inheritable thread local variable

Method Detail

childValue

protected T childValue(T parentValue)

childValue computes the initial value of an this inheritable thread local variable as a function of the value of the parent.

Parameters:

parentValue - the parent value.

Returns:

the child's value, the default implementation returns an unchanged parentValue.