关于ThreadLocal的一些认识

在前面讲关于Handler的Looper的时候，我们讲到过Looper的获取和设置，是通过ThreadLocal来操作的，如下：

static final ThreadLocal<Looper> sThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<Looper>();

在准备Looper的时候，

    public static void prepare() {
        if (sThreadLocal.get() != null) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Only one Looper may be created per thread");
        }
        sThreadLocal.set(new Looper());
    }

在获取Looper的时候，

   /**
     * Return the Looper object associated with the current thread.  Returns
     * null if the calling thread is not associated with a Looper.
     */
    public static Looper myLooper() {
        return sThreadLocal.get();
    }

那么ThreadLocal的作用到底什么呢？为什么会有ThreadLocal的出现呢？

首先，我们先来看下面一个例子吧，如下：

public class HelperTesting {

    private String text = "empty";

    private static HelperTesting helperTesting = new HelperTesting();

    private void printText() {
        System.out.println(text);
    }

    private void changeText(String str) {
        text = str;
    }
    
    private void printWithLine(String str){
        System.out.println("##################### " + str +" #############################");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        helperTesting.printWithLine(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " start");
        helperTesting.printText();
        
        Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {                      
                helperTesting.printWithLine(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " start");