/** * This class provides thread-local variables. These variables differ from * their normal counterparts in that each thread that accesses one (via its * {@code get} or {@code set} method) has its own, independently initialized * copy of the variable. {@code ThreadLocal} instances are typically private * static fields in classes that wish to associate state with a thread (e.g., * a user ID or Transaction ID). * * ... * * <p>Each thread holds an implicit reference to its copy of a thread-local * variable as long as the thread is alive and the {@code ThreadLocal} * instance is accessible; after a thread goes away, all of its copies of * thread-local instances are subject to garbage collection (unless other * references to these copies exist). * * @author Josh Bloch and Doug Lea * @since 1.2 */ publicclassThreadLocal<T>
从 Java 官方文档中的描述可以看出, ThreadLocal 类用来提供线程内部的局部变量。这种变量在多线程环境下访问(通过 get 和 set 方法访问)时能保证各个线程的变量相对独立于其他线程内的变量。ThreadLocal实例通常来说都是private static类型的,用于关联线程和线程上下文。