Thread-exclusive data: how to store and access?

Question

Is there a possibility in .NET to bind an object instance to a current execution context of a thread? So that in any part of the code I could do something like CurrentThread.MyObjectData.DoOperation() and be sure that I access thread-specific data? thanks!

Answer 1

You could take a look at the ThreadStaticAttribute. Another helpful methods are SetData/GetData which allow you to store data relative to the current thread.

Answer 2

If you're using .NET 4.0, there's now also ThreadLocal<T>:

System.Threading.ThreadLocal<T>

Nick