[#BloombergLP-bslmt-ThreadUtilImpl-04-self]
= xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bslmt.adoc[bslmt]::xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/ThreadUtilImpl-04.adoc[ThreadUtilImpl<Platform::PosixThreads>]::self
:relfileprefix: ../../../
:mrdocs:

Return an opaque handle that refers to the current thread.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_threadutilimpl_pthread.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/ThreadUtilImpl-04/Handle.adoc[ThreadUtilImpl<bslmt::Platform::PosixThreads>::Handle]
self();
----

== Description

Return an identifier that can be used to refer to the current thread in future calls to this utility.

== Return Value

opaque handle referring to the current thread


[.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#