Java tutorial
public class ThreadIDMain extends Object implements Runnable { private ThreadID var; public ThreadIDMain(ThreadID var) { this.var = var; } public void run() { try { print("var.getThreadID()=" + var.getThreadID()); Thread.sleep(2000); print("var.getThreadID()=" + var.getThreadID()); } catch (InterruptedException x) { } } private static void print(String msg) { String name = Thread.currentThread().getName(); System.out.println(name + ": " + msg); } public static void main(String[] args) { ThreadID tid = new ThreadID(); ThreadIDMain shared = new ThreadIDMain(tid); try { Thread threadA = new Thread(shared, "threadA"); threadA.start(); Thread.sleep(500); Thread threadB = new Thread(shared, "threadB"); threadB.start(); Thread.sleep(500); Thread threadC = new Thread(shared, "threadC"); threadC.start(); } catch (InterruptedException x) { } } } class ThreadID extends ThreadLocal { private int nextID; public ThreadID() { nextID = 10001; } private synchronized Integer getNewID() { Integer id = new Integer(nextID); nextID++; return id; } // override ThreadLocal's version protected Object initialValue() { print("in initialValue()"); return getNewID(); } public int getThreadID() { Integer id = (Integer) get(); return id.intValue(); } private static void print(String msg) { String name = Thread.currentThread().getName(); System.out.println(name + ": " + msg); } }