public static bool MakeThread(IODThread threadClass, bool isAutoStart = false, string groupName = "")
{
if (threadClass.IsInit)
{
return(false);
}
ODThread thread = new ODThread(threadClass.GetThreadRunIntervalMS(), threadClass.OnThreadRun);
thread.Name = threadClass.GetThreadName();
if (groupName != "")
{
thread.GroupName = groupName;
}
thread.AddExceptionHandler(new ExceptionDelegate(threadClass.OnThreadException));
thread.AddExitHandler(new WorkerDelegate(threadClass.OnThreadExit));
if (isAutoStart)
{
thread.Start();
}
threadClass.IsInit = true;
threadClass.ODThread = thread;
return(true);
}
///<summary>Worker method for _odThreadEServices. Call StartEServiceMonitoring() to start monitoring eService signals instead of calling this method directly.</summary>
private void ProcessEServiceSignals(ODThread odThread) {
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//This method can get enhanced later to be more generic like ProcessSignals where it grabs a list of eService signals and loops through them.
//For now, we only care about the status of the Listener Service and I want the first edition of this method to be as light as possible.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Color colorCur=_colorEServicesBackground;
//The listener service will have a local heartbeat every 5 minutes so it's overkill to check every time timerSignals_Tick fires.
//Only check the Listener Service status once a minute.
//The downside to doing this is that the menu item will stay red up to one minute when a user wants to stop monitoring the service.
eServiceSignalSeverity listenerStatus=EServiceSignals.GetServiceStatus(eServiceCode.ListenerService);
if(listenerStatus==eServiceSignalSeverity.None) {
//This office has never had a valid listener service running and does not have more than 5 patients set up to use the listener service.
//Quit the thread so that this computer does not waste its time sending queries to the server every minute.
odThread.QuitAsync();
return;
}
if(listenerStatus==eServiceSignalSeverity.Critical) {
_colorEServicesBackground=COLOR_ESERVICE_ALERT_BACKGROUND;
}
else {
_colorEServicesBackground=SystemColors.Control;
}
if(colorCur!=_colorEServicesBackground) {
//Since the status changed, redraw the eServices menu item.
BeginInvoke(new InvalidateEServicesMenuItemDelegate(InvalidateEServicesMenuItem));
}
}
///<summary>Stops the eService monitoring thread and sets the eServices menu item colors to a disabled state because the Log On window will be shown next.</summary>
private void StopEServiceMonitoring() {
if(_odThreadEServices==null) {
return;//Nothing to do, the service was already stopped.
}
//QuitSync the thread just because it has the power to live for up to a minute which is unnecessary.
//There is no reason to wait more than 1 second for the thread to quit.
_odThreadEServices.QuitSync(1000);
_odThreadEServices=null;
//Set the background color of the menu item back to gray just in case it was red for the last user that was logged in.
_colorEServicesBackground=SystemColors.Control;
InvalidateEServicesMenuItem();//No need to invoke this method, we should always be in the main thread when stopping the thread.
}
///<summary>Starts the eService monitoring thread that will run once a minute. Only runs if the user currently logged in has the eServices permission.</summary>
private void StartEServiceMonitoring() {
//If the user currently logged in has permission to view eService settings, turn on the listener monitor.
if(Security.CurUser==null || !Security.IsAuthorized(Permissions.EServicesSetup,true)) {
return;//Do not start the listener service monitor for users without permission.
}
if(_odThreadEServices==null) {
//Create a separate thread that will run every 60 seconds to monitor eService signals.
_odThreadEServices=new ODThread(60000,ProcessEServiceSignals);
//Add exception handling just in case MySQL is unreachable at any point in the lifetime of this session.
_odThreadEServices.AddExceptionHandler(EServiceMonitoringException);
_odThreadEServices.Name="eService Monitoring Thread";
_odThreadEServices.GroupName="eServiceThreads";
}
_odThreadEServices.Start();
}
///<summary>What the thread does right before it dies.</summary>
public virtual void OnThreadExit(ODThread odThread)
{
}
///<summary>What the thread does every time the specified interval of time has passed.</summary> public abstract void OnThreadRun(ODThread odThread);
///<summary>Spread the given actions over the given numThreads. Blocks until threads have completed or timeout is reached.
///If numThreads is not provided then numThreads will default to Environment.ProcessorCount. This is typically what you should let happen.
///If onException is provided then one and only one onException event will be raised when any number of exceptions occur.
///All actions will run to completion regardless if any/all throw unhandled exceptions.
///If the timeout is reached, all threads will be killed and their corresponding actions will not complete. This can leave data in an
///undefined state, for example, if an action times out before instantiating an object, the object will be null.
///Throws exception on main thread if any action throws and unhandled exception and no onException was provided.</summary>
public static void RunParallel(List<Action> listActions,int timeoutMS=Timeout.Infinite,int numThreads=0,ExceptionDelegate onException=null,
bool doRunOnCurrentThreadIf1Processor=false)
{
//Use as many threads as required by default.
int threadCount=numThreads;
if(threadCount<=0) {
//No requirement on thread count was given so use the number of processor cores.
threadCount=Environment.ProcessorCount;
//Using at least 8 has neglibile negative impact so if the user didn't otherwise specify, use at least 8 threads.
if(threadCount<8) {
threadCount=8;
}
}
Exception exceptionFirst=null;
void HandleException() {
if(exceptionFirst!=null) { //One of the actions threw an unhandled exception.
if(onException==null) { //No handler was provided so throw.
ExceptionDispatchInfo exInfo=ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(exceptionFirst);
exInfo.Throw();
}
//Caller wants to know about this exception so tell them.
onException(exceptionFirst);
}
}
if(threadCount==1 && doRunOnCurrentThreadIf1Processor) {
foreach(Action action in listActions) {
try {
action();
}
catch(Exception ex) {
exceptionFirst=exceptionFirst??ex;//First exception in will get thrown.
}
}
HandleException();
return;
}
//Make a group of threads to spread out the workload.
List<Action> listActionsCur=new List<Action>();
int actionsPerThread=(int)Math.Ceiling((double)listActions.Count/threadCount);
object locker=new object();
//No one outside of this method cares about this group name. They have no authority over this group.
int threadID=1;
string threadGroupGUID=Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
string threadGroupName="ODThread.ThreadPool()"+threadGroupGUID;
for(int i = 0;i<listActions.Count;i++) {
//Add to the current thread pool.
listActionsCur.Add(listActions[i]);
//If this thread pool is full then start it.
if(listActionsCur.Count==actionsPerThread||i==(listActions.Count-1)) {
ODThread odThread=new ODThread(new WorkerDelegate((ODThread o) => {
((List<Action>)o.Tag).ForEach(x => x());
}));
odThread.Tag=new List<Action>(listActionsCur);
odThread.Name=threadGroupName+"-"+threadID;
odThread.GroupName=threadGroupName;
odThread.AddExceptionHandler(new ExceptionDelegate((Exception e) => {
lock (locker) {
if(exceptionFirst==null) { //First in wins.
exceptionFirst=e;
}
}
}));
//We just started a new thread pool so start a new one.
listActionsCur.Clear();
odThread.Start(true);
threadID++;
}
}
//Wait for all appointment drawing threads to finish.
JoinThreadsByGroupName(timeoutMS,threadGroupName,true);
//We are back on the thread that called us now.
HandleException();
}
///<summary>Spread the given actions over the given numThreads. Blocks until threads have completed or timeout is reached.
///If numThreads is not provided then numThreads will default to Environment.ProcessorCount. This is typically what you should let happen.
///If onException is provided then one and only one onException event will be raised when any number of exceptions occur.
///All actions will run to completion regardless if any/all throw unhandled exceptions.
///Throws exception on main thread if any action throws and unhandled exception and no onException was provided.</summary>
public static void RunParallel(List <Action> listActions, TimeSpan timeout, int numThreads = 0, ExceptionDelegate onException = null)
{
//Use as many threads as required by default.
int threadCount = numThreads;
if (threadCount <= 0)
{
//No requirement on thread count was given so use the number of processor cores.
threadCount = Environment.ProcessorCount;
//Using at least 8 has neglibile negative impact so if the user didn't otherwise specify, use at least 8 threads.
if (threadCount < 8)
{
threadCount = 8;
}
}
//Make a group of threads to spread out the workload.
List <Action> listActionsCur = new List <Action>();
Exception exceptionFirst = null;
int actionsPerThread = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)listActions.Count / threadCount);
object locker = new object();
//No one outside of this method cares about this group name. They have no authority over this group.
string threadGroupName = "ODThread.ThreadPool()" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
for (int i = 0; i < listActions.Count; i++)
{
//Add to the current thread pool.
listActionsCur.Add(listActions[i]);
//If this thread pool is full then start it.
if (listActionsCur.Count == actionsPerThread || i == (listActions.Count - 1))
{
ODThread odThread = new ODThread(new WorkerDelegate((ODThread o) => {
((List <Action>)o.Tag).ForEach(x => x());
}));
odThread.Tag = new List <Action>(listActionsCur);
odThread.GroupName = threadGroupName;
odThread.AddExceptionHandler(new ExceptionDelegate((Exception e) => {
lock (locker) {
if (exceptionFirst == null) //First in wins.
{
exceptionFirst = e;
}
}
}));
//We just started a new thread pool so start a new one.
listActionsCur.Clear();
odThread.Start(true);
}
}
//Wait for all appointment drawing threads to finish.
JoinThreadsByGroupName((int)timeout.TotalMilliseconds, threadGroupName, true);
//We are back on the thread that called us now.
if (exceptionFirst != null) //One of the actions threw an unhandled exception.
{
if (onException == null) //No handler was provided so throw.
{
throw exceptionFirst;
}
//Caller wants to know about this exception so tell them.
onException(exceptionFirst);
}
}