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package java.lang;

import java.lang.ref.*;

/**

 * This class extends <tt>ThreadLocal</tt> to provide inheritance of values

 * from parent thread to child thread: when a child thread is created, the

 * child receives initial values for all inheritable thread-local variables

 * for which the parent has values.  Normally the child's values will be

 * identical to the parent's; however, the child's value can be made an

 * arbitrary function of the parent's by overriding the <tt>childValue</tt>

 * method in this class.

 *

 * <p>Inheritable thread-local variables are used in preference to

 * ordinary thread-local variables when the per-thread-attribute being

 * maintained in the variable (e.g., User ID, Transaction ID) must be

 * automatically transmitted to any child threads that are created.

 *

 * @author  Josh Bloch and Doug Lea

 * @see     ThreadLocal

 * @since   1.2

 */

public class InheritableThreadLocal<T> extends ThreadLocal<T> {

    /**

     * Computes the child's initial value for this inheritable thread-local

     * variable as a function of the parent's value at the time the child

     * thread is created.  This method is called from within the parent

     * thread before the child is started.

     * <p>

     * This method merely returns its input argument, and should be overridden

     * if a different behavior is desired.

     *

     * @param parentValue the parent thread's value

     * @return the child thread's initial value

     */

    protected T childValue(T parentValue) {

        return parentValue;

    }

    /**

     * Get the map associated with a ThreadLocal.

     *

     * @param t the current thread

     */

    ThreadLocalMap getMap(Thread t) {

       return t.inheritableThreadLocals;

    }

    /**

     * Create the map associated with a ThreadLocal.

     *

     * @param t the current thread

     * @param firstValue value for the initial entry of the table.

     * @param map the map to store.

     */

    void createMap(Thread t, T firstValue) {

        t.inheritableThreadLocals = new ThreadLocalMap(this, firstValue);

    }

}