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package java.lang;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.WeakHashMap;

/**
 * ThreadLocal whose value is inherited by child Threads.
 * The value of the InheritableThreadLocal associated with the (parent) Thread
 * on the moment that it creates a new (child) Thread is set as the value that
 * is associated with the new (child) Thread.
 * <p>
 * It is possible to make the value associated with the child Thread a function
 * of the value that is associated with the parent Thread by overriding the
 * <code>childValue()</code> method.
 *
 * @since 1.2
 * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
 */
public class InheritableThreadLocal extends ThreadLocal {
	
	/**
	 * Maps Threads to a Set of InheritableThreadLocals
	 * (the heritage of that Thread).
	 * Uses a WeakHashMap so if the Thread is garbage collected the reference
	 * to that Set disappears.
	 * Both <code>AddToHeritage</code> access and modify it so they have to
	 * synchronize on the threadMap when they do.
	 */
	private static Map threadMap = new WeakHashMap();
	
	/**
	 * Creates a new InheritableThreadLocal that has no values associated
	 * with it yet.
	 */
	public InheritableThreadLocal() {
		super();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Determines the value associated with a newly created child Thread
	 * as a function of the value associated with the currently executing
	 * (parent) Thread.
	 * <p>
	 * The default implementation just returns the parentValue.
	 */
	protected Object childValue(Object parentValue) {
		return parentValue;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Adds this <code>InheritableThreadLocal</code> to the heritage of the
	 * current Thread and returns the value of the <code>ThreadLocal</code>
	 * for the Thread. The value will be either the last value that the
	 * current Thread has set, or the childValue of the last value that the
	 * parent Thread set before the current Thread was created, or the
	 * initialValue of the <code>ThreadLocal</code>.
	 *
	 * @see ThreadLocal#get()
	 */
	public Object get() {
		addToHeritage(); 
		return super.get();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Adds this <code>InheritableThreadLocal</code> to the heritage of the
	 * current Thread and sets the value of the <code>ThreadLocal</code>
	 * for the Thread.
	 *
	 * @see ThreadLocal#set(Object)
	 */
	public void set(Object value) {
		addToHeritage();
		super.set(value);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Adds this <code>InheritableThreadLocal</code> to the heritage
	 * of the current Thread.
	 */
	private void addToHeritage() {
		Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
		Set heritage;
		synchronized(threadMap) {
			heritage = (Set)threadMap.get(currentThread);
		}
		// Note that we don't have to synchronize on the heritage Set
		// since only this Thread (or the parent Thread when creating
		// the heritage) ever modifies it.
		if (heritage == null) {
			heritage = new HashSet();
			synchronized(threadMap) {
				threadMap.put(currentThread, heritage);
			}
		}
		if (!heritage.contains(this)) {
			heritage.add(this);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Generates the childValues of all <code>InheritableThreadLocal</code>s
	 * that are in the heritage of the current Thread for the newly created
	 * childThread.
	 * Should be called from the contructor of java.lang.Thread.
	 */
	static void newChildThread(Thread childThread) {
		// The currentThread is the parent of the new thread
		Thread parentThread = Thread.currentThread();
		
		// Inherit all the InheritableThreadLocals of the parent thread
		Set heritage;
		synchronized(threadMap) {
			heritage = (Set)threadMap.get(parentThread);
		}
		// Note that we don't have to synchronize on the heritage Set
		// since only this Thread (or the parent Thread when creating
		// the heritage) ever modifies it.
		if (heritage != null) {
			synchronized(threadMap) {
				threadMap.put(childThread, new HashSet(heritage));
			}
			// And constructs all the new child values
			// (has to be done now that we are executing in the parentThread)
			Iterator it = heritage.iterator();
			while (it.hasNext()) {
				InheritableThreadLocal local =
					(InheritableThreadLocal) it.next();
				// Note that the parentValue cannot be null
				// If it was it would not be in the heritage
				Object parentValue = local.get(parentThread).getValue();
				Object childValue = local.childValue(parentValue);
				ThreadLocal.Value v = new ThreadLocal.Value(childValue);
				local.set(childThread, v);
			}
		}
	}
}