Global (SpotBugs 4.2.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile.Global

```
public abstract class Global
extends java.lang.Object
```
Static methods for accessing objects that are global to an analysis session. Hopefully, this will be limited to the analysis cache.

Author:

David Hovemeyer

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Global()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static IAnalysisCache`	`getAnalysisCache()`	Get the analysis cache for the current thread.
`static void`	`removeAnalysisCacheForCurrentThread()`	Remove the analysis cache for the current thread.
`static void`	`setAnalysisCacheForCurrentThread(IAnalysisCache analysisCache)`	Set the analysis cache for the current thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Global
```
public Global()
```
- Method Detail
  - removeAnalysisCacheForCurrentThread
```
public static void removeAnalysisCacheForCurrentThread()
```
    Remove the analysis cache for the current thread. This should be called after all analysis is complete
  - setAnalysisCacheForCurrentThread
```
public static void setAnalysisCacheForCurrentThread(IAnalysisCache analysisCache)
```
    Set the analysis cache for the current thread. This should be called before any detectors or analyses that need the cache are used.
    
    Parameters:
    
    analysisCache - the analysis cache to set for the current thread
  - getAnalysisCache
```
public static IAnalysisCache getAnalysisCache()
```
    Get the analysis cache for the current thread.
    
    Returns:
    
    the analysis cache for the current thread