edu.mit.ai.psg.utilities
Class InitializableThreadLocal

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.ThreadLocal
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        +--edu.mit.ai.psg.utilities.InitializableThreadLocal

public class InitializableThreadLocal

extends ThreadLocal

Thread local which can be initialized, e.g., by creating thread; useful when thread local value needs to inherit value from creating thread.

Constructor Summary

InitializableThreadLocal()

Method Summary

void	initialize(Thread t, Object value) Initialize value for thread.
protected Object	initialValue() gets value, removes key entry to save space, and returns value, or null if none (ThreadLocal.initialValue() returns null)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.ThreadLocal

get, set

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InitializableThreadLocal

public InitializableThreadLocal()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(Thread t,
                       Object value)

Initialize value for thread. Typically, creating thread will call this to initialize value for newly created thread before created thread is started.

initialValue

protected Object initialValue()

gets value, removes key entry to save space, and returns value, or null if none (ThreadLocal.initialValue() returns null)

Overrides:

initialValue in class ThreadLocal