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# Channel

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This type is not supported in earlier versions.

An object which can be used to send and receive data between different threads.

## Constructors

love.thread.getChannel | Creates or retrieves a named thread channel. | 0.9.0 |
love.thread.newChannel | Creates a new unnamed thread channel. | 0.9.0 |

## Functions

Channel:clear | Clears all the messages in the Channel queue. | 0.9.0 |
Channel:demand | Wait for and retrieve the value of a Channel message. | 0.9.0 |
Channel:getCount | Retrieves the number of messages in the Channel queue. | 0.9.0 |
Channel:peek | Receive a message from a thread Channel, but leave it in the queue. | 0.9.0 |
Channel:pop | Retrieve the value of a Channel message. | 0.9.0 |
Channel:push | Send a message to a thread Channel. | 0.9.0 |
Channel:supply | Send a message to a thread Channel and wait for a thread to accept it. | 0.9.0 |
Object:type | Gets the type of the object as a string. |  |
Object:typeOf | Checks whether an object is of a certain type. |  |

## Supertypes

- Object

## See Also

- love.thread

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