Package nl.talsmasoftware.context

This package contains the core concepts of this context-propagation library.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Context<T>	A context can be anything that needs to be maintained on the 'current thread' level.
ContextManager<T>	This interface defines the contract for a ContextManager Service.
ContextSnapshot	Interface for a 'snapshot' that can capture the (then-) 'active context' from all known registered ContextManager implementations. Obtain a new snapshot by calling ContextManagers.createContextSnapshot() which will include a snapshot for all supported Context types through their respective managers.

Class Summary

Class	Description
ContextManagers	Utility class to allow concurrent systems to take snapshots of all contexts from known ContextManager implementations.

Package nl.talsmasoftware.context Description

This package contains the core concepts of this context-propagation library.

• Context: Interface defining a context something with a value that can be closed.
• ContextManager: Interface defining required operations to manage contexts: creating new contexts and obtaining 'current' contexts.
• ContextSnapshot: Interface for a snapshot of one or more contexts that can be reactivated temporarily (until closed).
• ContextManagers: ContextManagers utility class to create a new snapshot of all known active Contexts from registered ContextManager implementations.

The relation between these concepts are represented in the following class diagram for this package:

Author:

Sjoerd Talsma