# SharedTableRegistry

Roblox Engine API class from Roblox Studio 0.744.0.7441077 (version-7aaa6838d36c4448).

- Inherits from, nearest first: [Instance](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Instance.md), [Object](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Object.md)
- Tags: Not creatable, Not replicated, Service
- Memory category: Instances
- HTML page: https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/SharedTableRegistry/
- Roblox documentation: https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/SharedTableRegistry

Provides a global registry of named [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md) objects.

## Methods

### GetSharedTable

```luau
SharedTableRegistry:GetSharedTable(name: string): SharedTable
```

- Tags: Thread safe, Capabilities: ScriptGlobals

Gets the registered [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md) with the specified name.

Parameters:

- `name`: The name of the registered [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md).

Returns: The registered [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md) with the specified name, or a newly created and registered [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md) if no [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md) was previously registered under that name.

### SetSharedTable

```luau
SharedTableRegistry:SetSharedTable(name: string, st: SharedTable?)
```

- Tags: Thread safe, Capabilities: ScriptGlobals

Registers the provided [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md) with the specified name.

Parameters:

- `name`: The name of the registered [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md).
- `st`: The [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md) object to register, or `nil` to unregister any previously registered [`SharedTable`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/index/types/SharedTable.md) object.

## Inherited members

- From [Instance](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Instance.md): `Archivable`, `archivable`, `Attributes`, `AttributesReplicate`, `AttributesSerialize`, `HistoryId`, `Name`, `Parent`, `PredictionMode`, `PropertyStatusStudio`, `RobloxLocked`, `SerializedOverrides`, `SourceAssetId`, `Tags`, `UniqueId`, `numExpectedDirectChildren`, `DataCost`, `Capabilities`, `DefinesCapabilities`, `IsInSandbox`, `Sandboxed`, `AddTag`, `ClearAllChildren`, `Clone`, `Destroy`, `FindFirstAncestor`, `FindFirstAncestorOfClass`, `FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA`, `FindFirstChild`, `FindFirstChildOfClass`, `FindFirstChildWhichIsA`, `FindFirstDescendant`, `GetActor`, `GetAttribute`, `GetAttributeChangedSignal`, `GetAttributes`, `GetChildren`, `GetDebugId`, `GetDescendants`, `GetFullName`, `GetStyled`, `GetStyledPropertyChangedSignal`, `GetTags`, `HasTag`, `IsAncestorOf`, `IsDescendantOf`, `IsPropertyModified`, `QueryDescendants`, `RemoveTag`, `ResetPropertyToDefault`, `SetAttribute`, `WaitForChild`, `Remove`, `children`, `clone`, `destroy`, `findFirstChild`, `getChildren`, `isDescendantOf`, `remove`, `AncestryChanged`, `AttributeChanged`, `ChildAdded`, `ChildRemoved`, `DescendantAdded`, `DescendantRemoving`, `Destroying`, `StyledPropertiesChanged`, `childAdded`
- From [Object](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Object.md): `ClassName`, `className`, `GetPropertyChangedSignal`, `IsA`, `isA`, `Changed`