# 1.0.0[−][src]Struct std::thread::Thread

    pub struct Thread { /* fields omitted */ }

A handle to a thread.

Threads are represented via the `Thread` type, which you can get in one of two ways:

- By spawning a new thread, e.g., using the `thread::spawn` function, and calling `thread` on the `JoinHandle`.
- By requesting the current thread, using the `thread::current` function.

The `thread::current` function is available even for threads not spawned by the APIs of this module.

There is usually no need to create a `Thread` struct yourself, one should instead use a function like `spawn` to create new threads, see the docs of `Builder` and `spawn` for more details.

## Methods

### `impl Thread`[src]

#### `pub fn unpark(&self)`[src]

Atomically makes the handle's token available if it is not already.

Every thread is equipped with some basic low-level blocking support, via the `park` function and the `unpark()` method. These can be used as a more CPU-efficient implementation of a spinlock.

See the park documentation for more details.

# Examples

    use std::thread;
    use std::time::Duration;

    let parked_thread = thread::Builder::new()
        .spawn(|| {
            println!("Parking thread");
            thread::park();
            println!("Thread unparked");
        })
        .unwrap();

    // Let some time pass for the thread to be spawned.
    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));

    println!("Unpark the thread");
    parked_thread.thread().unpark();

    parked_thread.join().unwrap();Run

#### `pub fn id(&self) -> ThreadId`
1.19.0
[src]

Gets the thread's unique identifier.

# Examples

    use std::thread;

    let other_thread = thread::spawn(|| {
        thread::current().id()
    });

    let other_thread_id = other_thread.join().unwrap();
    assert!(thread::current().id() != other_thread_id);Run

#### `pub fn name(&self) -> Option<&str>`[src]

Gets the thread's name.

For more information about named threads, see this module-level documentation.

# Examples

Threads by default have no name specified:

    use std::thread;

    let builder = thread::Builder::new();

    let handler = builder.spawn(|| {
        assert!(thread::current().name().is_none());
    }).unwrap();

    handler.join().unwrap();Run

Thread with a specified name:

    use std::thread;

    let builder = thread::Builder::new()
        .name("foo".into());

    let handler = builder.spawn(|| {
        assert_eq!(thread::current().name(), Some("foo"))
    }).unwrap();

    handler.join().unwrap();Run

## Trait Implementations

### `impl Debug for Thread`[src]

#### `fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result`[src]

Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more

### `impl Clone for Thread`[src]

#### `fn clone(&self) -> Thread`[src]

Returns a copy of the value. Read more

#### `fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)`[src]

Performs copy-assignment from `source`. Read more

## Auto Trait Implementations

### `impl Send for Thread`

### `impl Sync for Thread`

## Blanket Implementations

### `impl<T> From for T`[src]

#### `fn from(t: T) -> T`[src]

Performs the conversion.

### `impl<T, U> TryFrom for T where
T: From<U>,` [src]

#### `type Error = !`

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`try_from` #33417)

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

#### `fn try_from(value: U) -> Result<T, <T as TryFrom<U>>::Error>`[src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`try_from` #33417)

Performs the conversion.

### `impl<T, U> TryInto for T where
U: TryFrom<T>,` [src]

#### `type Error = <U as TryFrom<T>>::Error`

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`try_from` #33417)

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

#### `fn try_into(self) -> Result<U, <U as TryFrom<T>>::Error>`[src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`try_from` #33417)

Performs the conversion.

### `impl<T, U> Into for T where
U: From<T>,` [src]

#### `fn into(self) -> U`[src]

Performs the conversion.

### `impl<T> Borrow for T where
T: ?Sized,` [src]

####
ⓘImportant traits for &'_ mut I

### Important traits for &'_ mut I

`impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
I: Iterator + ?Sized, type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;impl<'a, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'a mut Rimpl<'a, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'a mut W`
`fn borrow(&self) -> &T`[src]

Immutably borrows from an owned value. Read more

### `impl<T> BorrowMut for T where
T: ?Sized,` [src]

####
ⓘImportant traits for &'_ mut I

### Important traits for &'_ mut I

`impl<'_, I> Iterator for &'_ mut I where
I: Iterator + ?Sized, type Item = <I as Iterator>::Item;impl<'a, R: Read + ?Sized> Read for &'a mut Rimpl<'a, W: Write + ?Sized> Write for &'a mut W`
`fn borrow_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T`[src]

Mutably borrows from an owned value. Read more

### `impl<T> Any for T where
T: 'static + ?Sized,` [src]

#### `fn get_type_id(&self) -> TypeId`[src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`get_type_id` #27745)

this method will likely be replaced by an associated static

Gets the `TypeId` of `self`. Read more

### `impl<T> ToOwned for T where
T: Clone,` [src]

#### `type Owned = T`

#### `fn to_owned(&self) -> T`[src]

Creates owned data from borrowed data, usually by cloning. Read more

#### `fn clone_into(&self, target: &mut T)`[src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`toowned_clone_into` #41263)

recently added

Uses borrowed data to replace owned data, usually by cloning. Read more

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