/// <summary>
/// Stop the update thread. If the update thread is not running, silently does
/// nothing. This method returns after the update thread has stopped.
/// </summary>
public virtual void StopUpdateThread()
{
UninterruptableMonitor.Enter(syncLock);
try
{
if (updateThread != null)
{
// this will trigger the thread to terminate if it awaits the lock.
// otherwise, if it's in the middle of replication, we wait for it to
// stop.
updateThread.stop.Signal();
try
{
updateThread.Join();
}
catch (Exception ie) when(ie.IsInterruptedException())
{
Thread.CurrentThread.Interrupt();
throw new Util.ThreadInterruptedException(ie);
}
}
updateThread = null;
}
finally
{
UninterruptableMonitor.Exit(syncLock);
}
}
