/// <summary>
/// Allows you to dispatch an delegate returning an object (for example: a newly instantiated gameobject) that is directly available in your ThreadPool-Thread.
/// Because the thread you are dispatching from is not the MainThread, your ThreadPool-thread needs to wait till the MainThread executed the method, and the returned value can be used directly
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dispatchCall">Example: "(object obj) => Debug.Log("This will be fired from the MainThread: " + System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Name + "\nObject: " + obj.toString())"</param>
/// <param name="safeMode">Executes all the computations within try-catch events, logging it the message + stacktrace</param>
/// <returns>After the MainThread has executed the "dispatchCall" (and the worker-thread has been waiting), it will return whatever the dispatchCall returns to the worker-thread</returns>
public static object DispatchToMainThreadReturn(ThreadDispatchDelegateReturn dispatchCall, bool safeMode = true)
{
ThreadDispatchAction action = new ThreadDispatchAction();
lock (dispatchActions)
{
dispatchActions.Add(action);
}
action.Init(dispatchCall, safeMode); //Puts the Thread to sleep while waiting for the action to be invoked.
return(action.dispatchExecutionResult);
}
/// <summary>
/// Allows you to dispatch an delegate returning an object (for example: a newly instantiated gameobject) that is directly available in your ThreadPool-Thread.
/// Because the thread you are dispatching from is not the MainThread, your ThreadPool-thread needs to wait till the MainThread executed the method, and the returned value can be used directly
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dispatchCall">Example: "(object obj) => Debug.Log("This will be fired from the MainThread: " + System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Name + "\nObject: " + obj.toString())"</param>
/// <param name="safeMode">Executes all the computations within try-catch events, logging it the message + stacktrace</param>
/// <returns>After the MainThread has executed the "dispatchCall" (and the worker-thread has been waiting), it will return whatever the dispatchCall returns to the worker-thread</returns>
public static object DispatchToMainThreadReturn(ThreadDispatchDelegateReturn dispatchCall, bool safeMode = true)
{
if (MainThreadWatchdog.CheckIfMainThread())
{
if (dispatchCall != null)
{
return(dispatchCall());
}
}
else
{
ThreadDispatchAction action = new ThreadDispatchAction();
lock (dispatchActions) { dispatchActions.Add(action); }
action.Init(dispatchCall, safeMode); //Puts the Thread to sleep while waiting for the action to be invoked.
return(action.dispatchExecutionResult);
}
return(null);
}
public void Init(ThreadDispatchDelegateReturn dispatchCall, bool safeMode)
{
this.safeMode = safeMode;
this.dispatchCallReturn = dispatchCall;
ValidateExecutionOnInit(true); //Forced to wait, the return-result should always be available after execution
}
/// <summary>
/// Allows you to dispatch an delegate returning an object (for example: a newly instantiated gameobject) that is directly available in your ThreadPool-Thread.
/// Because the thread you are dispatching from is not the MainThread, your ThreadPool-thread needs to wait till the MainThread executed the method, and the returned value can be used directly
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dispatchCall">Example: "(object obj) => Debug.Log("This will be fired from the MainThread: " + System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Name + "\nObject: " + obj.toString())"</param>
/// <param name="safeMode">Executes all the computations within try-catch events, logging it the message + stacktrace</param>
/// <returns>After the MainThread has executed the "dispatchCall" (and the worker-thread has been waiting), it will return whatever the dispatchCall returns to the worker-thread</returns>
public static object DispatchToMainThreadReturn(ThreadDispatchDelegateReturn dispatchCall, bool safeMode = true)
{
return(MainThreadDispatcher.DispatchToMainThreadReturn(dispatchCall, safeMode));
}
public void Init(ThreadDispatchDelegateReturn dispatchCall, bool safeMode)
{
this.safeMode = safeMode;
this.dispatchCallReturn = dispatchCall;
ValidateExecutionOnInit(true); //Forced to wait, the return-result should always be available after execution
}
/// <summary>
/// Allows you to dispatch an delegate returning an object (for example: a newly instantiated gameobject) that is directly available in your ThreadPool-Thread.
/// Because the thread you are dispatching from is not the MainThread, your ThreadPool-thread needs to wait till the MainThread executed the method, and the returned value can be used directly
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dispatchCall">Example: "(object obj) => Debug.Log("This will be fired from the MainThread: " + System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.Name + "\nObject: " + obj.toString())"</param>
/// <param name="safeMode">Executes all the computations within try-catch events, logging it the message + stacktrace</param>
/// <returns>After the MainThread has executed the "dispatchCall" (and the worker-thread has been waiting), it will return whatever the dispatchCall returns to the worker-thread</returns>
public static object DispatchToMainThreadReturn(ThreadDispatchDelegateReturn dispatchCall, bool safeMode = true)
{
ThreadDispatchAction action = new ThreadDispatchAction();
lock (dispatchActions)
{
dispatchActions.Add(action);
}
action.Init(dispatchCall, safeMode); //Puts the Thread to sleep while waiting for the action to be invoked.
return action.dispatchExecutionResult;
}
