# Struct std::thread::Thread

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    pub struct Thread { /* private fields */ }

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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.

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### impl Thread

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#### pub fn unpark(&self)

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();

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#### pub fn id(&self) -> ThreadId

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);

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#### pub fn name(&self) -> Option<&str>

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();

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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();

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### impl Clone for Thread

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#### fn clone(&self) -> Thread

Returns a copy of the value. Read more
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#### fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from `source`. Read more
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### impl Debug for Thread

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#### fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more

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### impl RefUnwindSafe for Thread

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### impl Send for Thread

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### impl Sync for Thread

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### impl Unpin for Thread

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### impl UnwindSafe for Thread

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### impl<T> Any for Twhere T: 'static + ?Sized,

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#### fn type_id(&self) -> TypeId

Gets the `TypeId` of `self`. Read more
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### impl<T> Borrow<T> for Twhere T: ?Sized,

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#### fn borrow(&self) -> &T

Immutably borrows from an owned value. Read more
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### impl<T> BorrowMut<T> for Twhere T: ?Sized,

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#### fn borrow_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T

Mutably borrows from an owned value. Read more
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### impl<T> From<T> for T

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#### fn from(t: T) -> T

Returns the argument unchanged.

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### impl<T, U> Into<U> for Twhere U: From<T>,

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#### fn into(self) -> U

Calls `U::from(self)`.

That is, this conversion is whatever the implementation of `From<T> for U` chooses to do.

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### impl<T> ToOwned for Twhere T: Clone,

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#### type Owned = T

The resulting type after obtaining ownership.
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#### fn to_owned(&self) -> T

Creates owned data from borrowed data, usually by cloning. Read more
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#### fn clone_into(&self, target: &mut T)

Uses borrowed data to replace owned data, usually by cloning. Read more
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### impl<T, U> TryFrom<U> for Twhere U: Into<T>,

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#### type Error = Infallible

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
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#### fn try_from(value: U) -> Result<T, <T as TryFrom<U>>::Error>

Performs the conversion.
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### impl<T, U> TryInto<U> for Twhere U: TryFrom<T>,

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

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
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#### fn try_into(self) -> Result<U, <U as TryFrom<T>>::Error>

Performs the conversion.