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**  File Author(s):
**
**    Harry Storbacka
*/

/// \addtogroup clanCore_System clanCore System
/// \{


#pragma once


#include "../api_core.h"
#include "sharedptr.h"

class CL_ThreadLocalStorage_Impl;

/// \brief Thread class.
///
/// \xmlonly !group=Core/System! !header=core.h! \endxmlonly
class CL_API_CORE CL_ThreadLocalStorage
{
/// \name Construction
/// \{

public:
	/// \brief Constructs a Thread Local Storage object.
	CL_ThreadLocalStorage();

	~CL_ThreadLocalStorage();

private:
	/// \brief Create the initial instance of CL_ThreadLocalStorage (Called by CL_SetupCore)
	static void create_initial_instance();

/// \}
/// \name Attributes
/// \{

public:
	/// \brief Get a variable.
	static CL_UnknownSharedPtr get_variable(const CL_StringRef &name);


/// \}
/// \name Operations
/// \{

public:
	/// \brief Set a variable.
	static void set_variable(const CL_StringRef &name, CL_UnknownSharedPtr ptr);


/// \}
/// \name Implementation
/// \{

private:
/// \}
	friend class CL_SetupCore;
};


/// \}
