if I declare a global variable in the main thread, suppose that from the main thread I run a new thread, can the new thread access the global variable in the main thread?
"msg" string is my variable to acces
/* A simple banner applet.
This applet creates a thread that scrolls
the message contained in msg right to left
across the applet's window.
*/
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
/*
*/
public class AppletSkel extends Applet implements Runnable {
String msg = " A Simple Moving Banner."; //<
Thread t = null;
int state;
boolean stopFlag;
// Set colors and initialize thread.
public void init() {
setBackground(Color.cyan);
setForeground(Color.red);
}
// Start thread
public void start() {
t = new Thread(this);
stopFlag = false;
t.start();
}
// Entry point for the thread that runs the banner.
public void run() {
char ch;
// Display banner
for( ; ; ) {
try {
repaint();
Thread.sleep(250);
ch = msg.charAt(0);
msg = msg.substring(1, msg.length());
msg += ch;
if(stopFlag)
break;
} catch(InterruptedException e) {}
}
}
// Pause the banner.
public void stop() {
stopFlag = true;
t = null;
}
// Display the banner.
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawString(msg, 50, 30);
g.drawString(msg, 80, 40);
}
}
解决方案
Variables that are visible to several threads are generally tricky. Strings, however, are immutable, so that simplifies the situation.
It is visible, but when a modified ordinary value is available to other threads is not guaranteed. You should make it volatile, so that it is not cached thread locally. Use a local variable to build the new string before assigning msg.
If you intend to modify stopFlag from other threads, it should also be volatile.