// Using ThreadStart delegate
private static void UsingThreadStartDelegate()
{
Console.WriteLine("***** The Amazing Thread App *****\n");
Console.Write("Do you want [1] or [2] threads? ");
string threadCount = Console.ReadLine();
// Name the current thread.
Thread primaryThread = Thread.CurrentThread;
primaryThread.Name = "Primary";
// Display Thread info.
Console.WriteLine("-> {0} is executing Main()",
Thread.CurrentThread.Name);
// Make worker class.
Threading.Printer p = new Threading.Printer();
switch (threadCount)
{
case "2":
// Now make the thread.
Thread backgroundThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(p.PrintNumbers))
{
Name = "Secondary"
};
backgroundThread.Start();
break;
case "1":
p.PrintNumbers();
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine("I don't know what you want...you get 1 thread.");
goto case "1";
}
// Do some additional work.
MessageBox.Show("I'm busy!", "Work on main thread...");
}
// Create concurrency and then solve concurrency using lock keyword and Monitor type
private static void Concurrency()
{
Console.WriteLine("*****Concurrency & Synchronizing Threads *****\n");
Threading.Printer p = new Threading.Printer();
// Make 10 threads that are all pointing to the same
// method on the same object.
Thread[] threads = new Thread[10];
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
//threads[i] = new Thread(new ThreadStart(p.PrintNumbersConcurrency)); // Creates concurrency issues.
//threads[i] = new Thread(new ThreadStart(p.PrintNumbersLock)); // Locks the shared resource using lock keyword.
threads[i] = new Thread(new ThreadStart(p.PrintNumbersWithMonitor)); // Locks the shared resource using Monitor type which offers
// more control. Check MS SDK documentation for more.
threads[i].Name = string.Format("Worker thread #{0}", i);
}
// Now start each one.
foreach (Thread t in threads)
{
t.Start();
}
}
