/// <summary>
/// Send an Action Delegate to be run on the main thread. See EditorDispatchActions for some common usecases.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="task">An action delegate to run on the main thread</param>
/// <returns>An AsyncDispatch that can be used to track if the dispatch has completed.</returns>
public static AsyncDispatch Dispatch(Action task)
{
lock (dispatchQueue) {
AsyncDispatch dispatch = new AsyncDispatch();
// enqueue a new task that runs the supplied task and completes the dispatcher
dispatchQueue.Enqueue(() => { task(); dispatch.FinishedDispatch(); });
return(dispatch);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Send a Coroutine to be run on the main thread. See EditorDispatchActions for some common usecases.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="task">A coroutine to run on the main thread</param>
/// <param name="showUI">if the Editor Corotine runner should run a progress UI</param>
/// <returns>An AsyncDispatch that can be used to track if the coroutine has been dispatched & completed.</returns>
public static AsyncDispatch Dispatch(IEnumerator task, bool showUI = false)
{
// you need this system for this to work! https://gist.github.com/LotteMakesStuff/16b5f2fc108f9a0201950c797d53cfbf
lock (dispatchQueue) {
AsyncDispatch dispatch = new AsyncDispatch();
dispatchQueue.Enqueue(() =>
{
if (showUI)
{
EditorCoroutineRunner.StartCoroutineWithUI(DispatchCorotine(task, dispatch), "Dispatcher task", false);
}
else
{
EditorCoroutineRunner.StartCoroutine(task);
}
});
return(dispatch);
}
}
private static IEnumerator DispatchCorotine(IEnumerator dispatched, AsyncDispatch tracker)
{
yield return(dispatched);
tracker.FinishedDispatch();
}