/// <summary>
/// Setup thread pool to for calling receptors to process semantic types.
/// Why do we use our own thread pool? Because .NET's implementation (and
/// particularly Task) is crippled and non-functional for long running threads.
/// </summary>
protected void InitializePoolThreads()
{
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_WORKER_THREADS; i++)
{
Thread thread = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(ProcessPoolItem));
thread.IsBackground = true;
ThreadSemaphore <ProcessCall> ts = new ThreadSemaphore <ProcessCall>();
threadPool.Add(ts);
thread.Start(ts);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Invoke the action that we want to run on a thread.
/// </summary>
protected void ProcessPoolItem(object state)
{
ThreadSemaphore <ProcessCall> ts = (ThreadSemaphore <ProcessCall>)state;
while (true)
{
ts.WaitOne();
ProcessCall rc;
if (ts.TryDequeue(out rc))
{
Call(rc);
}
}
}