/// <summary>
/// This method is executed on the dedicated thread of this <see cref="QActive"/> instance.
/// </summary>
private void DoEventLoop()
{
this.Init();
// Once initialized we kick off our event loop
try
{
while(true)
{
IQEvent qEvent = m_EventQueue.DeQueue(); // this blocks if there are no events in the queue
//Debug.WriteLine(String.Format("Dispatching {0} on thread {1}.", qEvent.ToString(), Thread.CurrentThread.Name));
this.Dispatch(qEvent);
// QF.Propagate(qEvent);
}
}
catch(ThreadAbortException)
{
// We use the method Thread.Abort() in this.Abort() to exit from the event loop
Thread.ResetAbort();
}
// The QActive object ends
m_ExecutionThread = null;
OnExecutionAborted();
}
public void Start(int priority)
{
if (m_ExecutionThread != null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("This active object is already started. The Start method can only be invoked once.");
}
// Note: We use the datatype int for the priority since uint is not CLS compliant
if (priority < 0)
{
throw new ArgumentException("The priority of an Active Object cannot be negative.", "priority");
}
m_Priority = priority;
// TODO: Leverage the priority
m_ExecutionThread = Threading.ThreadFactory.GetThread(0, new ThreadStart(this.DoEventLoop));
m_ExecutionThread.Start();
}
