private void DoSomeThreadWork()
{
// Thread needs callback and sync context so it must be wrapped in a class.
SendOrPostCallback callback = new SendOrPostCallback(ReceiveThreadData);
SomeThreadTask task = new SomeThreadTask(_synchronizationContext, callback);
Thread thread = new Thread(task.ExecuteThreadTask);
thread.Start();
}
private void DoBackgroundWork()
{
// Create a ThreadTask object.
SomeThreadTask threadTask = new SomeThreadTask();
// Create a task id. Quick and dirty here to keep it simple.
// Read about threading and task identifiers to learn
// various ways people commonly do this for production code.
threadTask.TaskId = "MyTask" + DateTime.Now.Ticks.ToString();
// Set the thread up with a callback function pointer.
threadTask.CompletedCallback =
new SomeThreadTaskCompleted(SomeThreadTaskCompletedCallback);
// Create a thread. We only need to specify the entry point function.
// Framework creates the actual delegate for thread with this entry point.
Thread thread = new Thread(threadTask.ExecuteThreadTask);
// Do something with our thread and threadTask object instances just created
// so we could cancel the thread etc. Can be as simple as stick 'em in a bag
// or may need a complex manager, just depends.
// GO!
thread.Start();
// Go do something else. When task finishes we will get a callback.
}
