/// <summary>
/// Get the computed response from the thread we spawned
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fb">The object that handled the thread and did the computing</param>
/// <param name="txtMessages">A text box to write commentary into. Can't be null.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static Boolean GetResponse(FantasticBeast fb, TextBox txtMessages)
{
Boolean result = true; // Hope for the best
// The thread should have responded to our request so we can retrieve it.
txtMessages.AppendText(Environment.NewLine + "Response from " + fb.GetType() + ": " + fb.response);
if (fb.response.Trim() == "19541")
{
txtMessages.AppendText(": solution is correct");
}
else
{
txtMessages.AppendText(": solution IS NOT correct");
result = false;
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Spawn the thread from the Fantastic Beast object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fb">The object that will handle the thread.</param>
/// <param name="txtMessages">A text box to write commentary into. Can't be null.</param>
private static void Spawn(FantasticBeast fb, TextBox txtMessages)
{
txtMessages.AppendText(Environment.NewLine + "Spawning " + fb.GetType());
fb.Start(); // This will invoke RunThread in the derived class
}
/// <summary>
/// Get the message from the thread we spawned
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fb">The object that handled the thread and did the computing</param>
/// <param name="txtMessages">A text box to write commentary into. Can't be null.</param>
private static void GetMsg(FantasticBeast fb, TextBox txtMessages)
{
// The thread should have written a message so we can retrieve it.
txtMessages.AppendText(Environment.NewLine + fb.msg);
}
