ThreadLocal value access across different threads

Question

Given that a ThreadLocal variable holds different values for different threads, is it possible to access the value of one ThreadLocal variable from another thread?

Answer 1

I wanted to see what was in ThreadLocal storage, so I extended the above example to show me. Also handy for debugging.

            Field field = Thread.class.getDeclaredField("threadLocals");
            field.setAccessible(true);
            Object map = field.get(Thread.currentThread());
            Field table = Class.forName("java.lang.ThreadLocal$ThreadLocalMap").getDeclaredField("table");
            table.setAccessible(true);
            Object tbl = table.get(map);
            int length = Array.getLength(tbl);
            for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) {                   
                Object entry = Array.get(tbl, i);
                Object value = null;
                String valueClass = null;
                if(entry != null) { 
                    Field valueField = Class.forName("java.lang.ThreadLocal$ThreadLocalMap$Entry").getDeclaredField("value");
                    valueField.setAccessible(true);
                    value = valueField.get(entry);
                    if(value != null) {
                        valueClass = value.getClass().getName();
                    }
                    Logger.getRootLogger().info("[" + i + "] type[" + valueClass + "] " + value);
                }
            }