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ThreadLocalValue< Type > Class Template Reference

Provides cross-platform support for thread-local objects. More...

Public Member Functions

 ThreadLocalValue ()=default
 
 ~ThreadLocalValue ()
 Destructor. More...
 
Type & operator* () const noexcept
 Returns a reference to this thread's instance of the value. More...
 
 operator Type * () const noexcept
 Returns a pointer to this thread's instance of the value. More...
 
Type * operator-> () const noexcept
 Accesses a method or field of the value object. More...
 
ThreadLocalValueoperator= (const Type &newValue)
 Assigns a new value to the thread-local object. More...
 
Type & get () const noexcept
 Returns a reference to this thread's instance of the value. More...
 
void releaseCurrentThreadStorage ()
 Called by a thread before it terminates, to allow this class to release any storage associated with the thread. More...
 

Detailed Description

template<typename Type>
class ThreadLocalValue< Type >

Provides cross-platform support for thread-local objects.

This class holds an internal list of objects of the templated type, keeping an instance for each thread that requests one. The first time a thread attempts to access its value, an object is created and added to the list for that thread.

Typically, you'll probably want to create a static instance of a ThreadLocalValue object, or hold one within a singleton.

The templated class for your value must be a primitive type, or a simple POD struct.

When a thread no longer needs to use its value, it can call releaseCurrentThreadStorage() to allow the storage to be re-used by another thread. If a thread exits without calling this method, the object storage will be left allocated until the ThreadLocalValue object is deleted.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ThreadLocalValue()

template<typename Type >
ThreadLocalValue< Type >::ThreadLocalValue ( )
default

◆ ~ThreadLocalValue()

template<typename Type >
ThreadLocalValue< Type >::~ThreadLocalValue ( )

Destructor.

When this object is deleted, all the value objects for all threads will be deleted.

References Atomic< Type >::get().

Member Function Documentation

◆ operator*()

template<typename Type >
Type& ThreadLocalValue< Type >::operator* ( ) const
noexcept

Returns a reference to this thread's instance of the value.

Note that the first time a thread tries to access the value, an instance of the value object will be created - so if your value's class has a non-trivial constructor, be aware that this method could invoke it.

◆ operator Type *()

template<typename Type >
ThreadLocalValue< Type >::operator Type * ( ) const
noexcept

Returns a pointer to this thread's instance of the value.

Note that the first time a thread tries to access the value, an instance of the value object will be created - so if your value's class has a non-trivial constructor, be aware that this method could invoke it.

◆ operator->()

template<typename Type >
Type* ThreadLocalValue< Type >::operator-> ( ) const
noexcept

Accesses a method or field of the value object.

Note that the first time a thread tries to access the value, an instance of the value object will be created - so if your value's class has a non-trivial constructor, be aware that this method could invoke it.

◆ operator=()

template<typename Type >
ThreadLocalValue& ThreadLocalValue< Type >::operator= ( const Type &  newValue)

Assigns a new value to the thread-local object.

◆ get()

template<typename Type >
Type& ThreadLocalValue< Type >::get ( ) const
noexcept

Returns a reference to this thread's instance of the value.

Note that the first time a thread tries to access the value, an instance of the value object will be created - so if your value's class has a non-trivial constructor, be aware that this method could invoke it.

References Atomic< Type >::compareAndSetBool(), Atomic< Type >::get(), and Thread::getCurrentThreadId().

◆ releaseCurrentThreadStorage()

template<typename Type >
void ThreadLocalValue< Type >::releaseCurrentThreadStorage ( )

Called by a thread before it terminates, to allow this class to release any storage associated with the thread.

References Atomic< Type >::get(), Thread::getCurrentThreadId(), and JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE.


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