layout	title	folder	permalink	pumlid	categories	tags
pattern	Thread Local Storage	tls	/patterns/tls/		Concurrency	Java Difficulty-Intermediate

Intent

Securing variables global to a thread against being spoiled by other threads. That is needed if you use class variables or static variables in your Callable object or Runnable object that are not read-only.

Applicability

Use the Thread Local Storage in any of the following situations

• when you use class variables in your Callable / Runnable object that are not read-only and you use the same Callable instance in more than one thread running in parallel.
• when you use static variables in your Callable / Runnable object that are not read-only and more than one instances of the Callable / Runnable may run in parallel threads.