This class provides thread-local variables. These variables differ from their normal counterparts in that each thread that accesses one (via its get or set method) has its own, independently initialized copy of the variable. Basically, it is another way to achieve thread safety apart from writing immutable classes. Since the Object is no more shared there is no requirement for Synchronization which can improve the scalability and performance of the application. ThreadLocal provides thread restriction which is an extension of a local variable. ThreadLocal is visible only in a single thread. No two threads can see each other’s thread-local variable. These variables are generally private static fields in classes and maintain their state inside the thread.
Note: ThreadLocal class extends Object class
Constructor: ThreadLocal(): This creates a thread-local variable.
Methods of ThreadLocal Class
| Method | Action Performed |
|---|---|
| get() | Returns the value in the current thread’s copy of this thread-local variable. If the variable has no value for the current thread, it is first initialized to the value returned by an invocation of the initialValue() method |
| initialValue() | Returns the current thread initial value for the local thread variable. |
| remove() | Removes the current thread’s value for this thread-local variable. If this thread-local variable is subsequently read by the current thread, its value will be reinitialized by invoking its initialValue() method, unless its value is set by the current thread in the interim. This may result in multiple invocations of the initialValue method in the current thread |
| set() | Sets the current thread’s copy of this thread-local variable to the specified value. Most subclasses will have no need to override this method, relying solely on the initialValue() method to set the values of thread locals. |
Example 1:
Java
// Java Program to Illustrate ThreadLocal Class// Via get() and set() Method// Class// ThreadLocalDemoclass GFG { // Main driver method public static void main(String[] args) { // Creating objects of ThreadLocal class ThreadLocal<Number> gfg_local = new ThreadLocal<Number>(); ThreadLocal<String> gfg = new ThreadLocal<String>(); // Now setting custom value gfg_local.set(100); // Returns the current thread's value System.out.println("value = " + gfg_local.get()); // Setting the value gfg_local.set(90); // Returns the current thread's value of System.out.println("value = " + gfg_local.get()); // Setting the value gfg_local.set(88.45); // Returns the current thread's value of System.out.println("value = " + gfg_local.get()); // Setting the value gfg.set("Lazyroar"); // Returning the current thread's value of System.out.println("value = " + gfg.get()); }} |
value = 100 value = 90 value = 88.45 value = Lazyroar
Example 2:
Java
// Java Program to Illustrate ThreadLocal Class// Via Illustrating remove() Method// Class// ThreadLocalDemopublic class GFG { // Main driver method public static void main(String[] args) { // Creating objects of ThreadLocal class ThreadLocal<Number> gfg_local = new ThreadLocal<Number>(); ThreadLocal<String> gfg = new ThreadLocal<String>(); // Setting the value gfg_local.set(100); // Returning the current thread's value System.out.println("value = " + gfg_local.get()); // Setting the value gfg_local.set(90); // Returns the current thread's value of System.out.println("value = " + gfg_local.get()); // Setting the value gfg_local.set(88.45); // Returning the current thread's value of System.out.println("value = " + gfg_local.get()); // Setting the value gfg.set("Lazyroar"); // Returning the current thread's value of System.out.println("value = " + gfg.get()); // Removing value using remove() method gfg.remove(); // Returning the current thread's value of System.out.println("value = " + gfg.get()); // Removing value gfg_local.remove(); // Returns the current thread's value of System.out.println("value = " + gfg_local.get()); }} |
value = 100 value = 90 value = 88.45 value = Lazyroar value = null value = null
Example 3:
Java
// Java Program to Illustrate ThreadLocal Class// Via initialValue() Method// Importing required classesimport java.lang.*;// Class 1// Helper class extending Thread classclass NewThread extends Thread { private static ThreadLocal gfg = new ThreadLocal() { protected Object initialValue() { return new Integer(question--); } }; private static int question = 15; NewThread(String name) { // super keyword refers to parent class instance super(name); start(); } // Method // run() method for Thread public void run() { for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) System.out.println(getName() + " " + gfg.get()); }}// Class 2// Main class// ThreadLocalDemopublic class GFG { // Main driver method public static void main(String[] args) { // Creating threads inside main() method NewThread t1 = new NewThread("quiz1"); NewThread t2 = new NewThread("quiz2"); }} |
Output:
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