Java.lang.ThreadLocal Class



Introduction

The java.lang.ThreadLocal class provides thread-local variables.

Class Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.ThreadLocal class −

public class ThreadLocal<T>
   extends Object

Class constructors

Sr.No. Constructor & Description
1

ThreadLocal()

This creates a thread local variable.

Class methods

Sr.No. Method & Description
1 T get()

This method returns the value in the current thread's copy of this thread-local variable.

2 protected T initialValue()

This method returns the current thread's "initial value" for this thread-local variable.

3 void remove()

This method removes the current thread's value for this thread-local variable.

4 void set(T value)

This method sets the current thread's copy of this thread-local variable to the specified value.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes −

  • java.lang.Object
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