Threads in .Net

Namespace: System.Threading

Thread class have Properties like IsAlive, IsBackground, IsThreadPoolThread, ManagedThreadId, Name, Priority, and ThreadState.

Thread class have Methods like Abort, Interrupt, Join, and Start.

Static Properties Include Thread.CurrentContext, Thread.CurrentPrincipal, Thread.CurrentThread.

Static Thread Methods include Thread.BeginCriticleRegion, Thread.EndCriticleRegion, Thread.GetDomain, Thread.GetDomainID, Thread.ResetAbort, Thread.Sleep, Thread.SpinWait, Thread.VolatileRead, and Thread.VolatileWrite

ThreadState enumerations are Aborted, AbortRequested, Background, Running, Stopped, StopRequested, Suspended, SuspendedRequested, Unstarted, and WaitSleepJoin.

Creating Thread:

                ThreadStart ts = new ThreadStart(mywork);

                Thread t = new Thread(ts);

                t.Start();

Use Thread.Join to make all thread complete their work before proceeding further.

ThreadPriority Enumeration is Highest, AboveNormal, Normal, BelowNormal, and Lowest.

To pass data to you method use Parameterized Thread start.

ParameterizedThreadStart ts = new ParameterizedThreadStart(mywork);

                Thread t = new Thread(ts);

                t.Start(“Hello”);

{Thread}.Abort can kill a thread at any time one may leave the data in inconsistent state. To handle this create Critical Regions around the code block that can leave data in inconsistent state.

Public static void mywork()

{

Thread.BeginCriticleRegion();

                ///Some Work

Thread.EndCriticleRegion();

                //Some more work

}

Execution Context Flow:

                Execution context automatically flows to the newly created threads. Context contains information about Security(IPrincipal), Localization(CultureInfo), Transaction information (System.Transaction). To stop this flow at the cost of the benefits provided by ContextInfo one can call ExecutionContext.SuppressFlow.

AsyncFlowControl afc = ExecutionContext.SuppressFlow();

ParameterizedThreadStart ts = new ParameterizedThreadStart(mywork);

                Thread t = new Thread(ts);

                t.Start(“Hello”);

ExecutionContext.RestoreFlow();

OR

flow.Undo()

ExecutionContext.Run can be used to run an arbitrary code along with custom Context Information. Like:

ExecutionContext ctx = ExecutionContext.Capture();

   //return copy of the current context

ExecutionContext.Run(ctx, new ContextCallback(mywork), null);