class ThreadKey

container for thread specific data storage. More...

Definition#include <thread.h>
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This class allows the creation of a thread context unique "pointer" that can be set and retrieved and can be used to create thread specific data areas for implementing "thread safe" library routines.

ThreadKey ()

Create a unique thread specific container.

~ThreadKey ()

Destroy a thread specific container and any contents reserved.

void * getKey (void)

Get the value of the pointer for the thread specific data container. A unique pointer can be set for each execution context.

Returns: a unique void * for each execution context.

void setKey (void *)

Set the value of the pointer for the current thread specific execution context. This can be used to store thread context specific data.

Parameters:
ptrto thread context specific data.