最近与人交流Spring是否线程安全的问题,了解到Spring使用了ThreadLocal,出于好奇,简单地学习了一下ThreadLocal类,大道至简,我就说说我认为比较关键的一些地方:
1、ThreadLocal封装了一些与当前线程(调用方法时的运行线程)相关的方法,如以下方法分别用于获取对象、设置初始值、设置对象,每个方法都使用了Thread.currentThread()来获取当前运行线程,然后将线程实例作为map(ThreadLocalMap的实例)的key来获取或设置value。
public T get() {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
ThreadLocalMap map = getMap(t);
if (map != null) {
ThreadLocalMap.Entry e = map.getEntry(this);
if (e != null) {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
T result = (T)e.value;
return result;
}
}
return setInitialValue();
}
private T setInitialValue() {
T value = initialValue();
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
ThreadLocalMap map = getMap(t);
if (map != null)
map.set(this, value);
else
createMap(t, value);
return value;
}
public void set(T value) {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
ThreadLocalMap map = getMap(t);
if (map != null)
map.set(this, value);
else
createMap(t, value);
}
2、map实际上是Thread对象的一个实例变量,初始值为null。可以看出,ThreadLocal实际上是作为一个工具类存储一个线程相关的同类型对象,该对象实际存储在各自线程对象的实例变量threadLocals中。
ThreadLocalMap getMap(Thread t) {
return t.threadLocals;
}
3、结合以上阅读理解,我们再看以下jdk api上给出的一个应用实例。
public class ThreadId {
// Atomic integer containing the next thread ID to be assigned
private static final AtomicInteger nextId = new AtomicInteger(0);
// Thread local variable containing each thread's ID
private static final ThreadLocal<Integer> threadId = new ThreadLocal<Integer>() {
@Override
protected Integer initialValue() {
return nextId.getAndIncrement();
}
};
// Returns the current thread's unique ID, assigning it if necessary
public static int get() {
return threadId.get();
}
}
该类使用ThreadLocal封装了对静态变量nextId的访问,get方法是唯一的对外开放的方法,给每个访问线程同唯一的ID,接着写一个使用该类的例子,我跑的一次结果也贴上,多线程同时运行,多跑几次,一般情况下不会拿到一样的输出,但是每个线程都能获取唯一的ID,而且在后续该线程实例的使用中,都可以通过ThreadId.get()拿到这个唯一ID。
public static void main(String[] args) {
for (int i=0; i< 5; i++) {
final int ii = i;
new Thread() {
public void run () {
Thread.currentThread().setName("Thread-"+ii);
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + ",UUID: " + ThreadId.get());
try {
Thread.sleep(250);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + ",UUID: " + ThreadId.get());
}
}.start();
}
}
Thread-0,UUID: 0
Thread-2,UUID: 4
Thread-3,UUID: 3
Thread-1,UUID: 2
Thread-4,UUID: 1
Thread-3,UUID: 3
Thread-4,UUID: 1
Thread-2,UUID: 4
Thread-0,UUID: 0
Thread-1,UUID: 2
4、通过以上ThreadLocal的简单学习,可以发现ThreadLocal并非用于解决线程安全问题的,而是一个用于线程绑定场景的有力工具。回到Spring是否线程安全的问题,个人认为,Spring维护的单例bean并不是完全线程安全的,而且Spring使用ThreadLocal也不是解决线程安全的问题,而是用于解决线程绑定的场景,resource per thread,如Spring事务管理中用于解决分层架构下session在不同层(业务层/DAO层)的参数传递问题,具体可阅读下这篇文章:
https://blog.youkuaiyun.com/bluishglc/article/details/7784502
有兴趣的朋友也可以阅读下Spring事务管理的相关源码。
public abstract class TransactionSynchronizationManager {
private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(TransactionSynchronizationManager.class);
private static final ThreadLocal<Map<Object, Object>> resources =
new NamedThreadLocal<>("Transactional resources");
private static final ThreadLocal<Set<TransactionSynchronization>> synchronizations =
new NamedThreadLocal<>("Transaction synchronizations");
private static final ThreadLocal<String> currentTransactionName =
new NamedThreadLocal<>("Current transaction name");
private static final ThreadLocal<Boolean> currentTransactionReadOnly =
new NamedThreadLocal<>("Current transaction read-only status");
private static final ThreadLocal<Integer> currentTransactionIsolationLevel =
new NamedThreadLocal<>("Current transaction isolation level");
private static final ThreadLocal<Boolean> actualTransactionActive =
new NamedThreadLocal<>("Actual transaction active");