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Diffstat (limited to 'libjava/java/lang/ThreadLocal.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/java/lang/ThreadLocal.java | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/ThreadLocal.java b/libjava/java/lang/ThreadLocal.java index 972565949a8..d9967c6a2c8 100644 --- a/libjava/java/lang/ThreadLocal.java +++ b/libjava/java/lang/ThreadLocal.java @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Map; import java.util.WeakHashMap; + /** * ThreadLocal objects have a different state associated with every * Thread that accesses them. Every access to the ThreadLocal object @@ -51,8 +52,11 @@ import java.util.WeakHashMap; * <p>The first time a ThreadLocal object is accessed on a particular * Thread, the state for that Thread's copy of the local variable is set by * executing the method <code>initialValue()</code>. + * </p> * * <p>An example how you can use this: + * </p> + * * <pre> * class Connection * { @@ -65,20 +69,22 @@ import java.util.WeakHashMap; * }; * ... * } - * </pre></br> + * </pre> * - * Now all instances of connection can see who the owner of the currently + * <p>Now all instances of connection can see who the owner of the currently * executing Thread is by calling <code>owner.get()</code>. By default any * Thread would be associated with 'nobody'. But the Connection object could * offer a method that changes the owner associated with the Thread on * which the method was called by calling <code>owner.put("somebody")</code>. * (Such an owner changing method should then be guarded by security checks.) + * </p> * * <p>When a Thread is garbage collected all references to values of * the ThreadLocal objects associated with that Thread are removed. + * </p> * - * @author Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> - * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu> + * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org) + * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu) * @since 1.2 * @status updated to 1.4 */ |