/// <summary>
/// Kill will send a signal to stop all IThreader objects under the name IThreader.Name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="threader">The IThreader object being maintained by Threader</param>
public void Kill(IThreader threader)
{
if (Tokens.ContainsKey(threader.Name))
{
Tokens[threader.Name].Cancel();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Killed will return the stopped/running state of a IThreader object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="threader">The IThreader object being maintained by Threader</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool Killed(IThreader threader)
{
if (!Tokens.ContainsKey(threader.Name))
{
try
{
return(Tokens[threader.Name].IsCancellationRequested);
}
catch { return(true); }
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Spawn a new thread running the Action supplied by the IThreader.
/// Multiple IThreaders under the same name can run together, although they will be killed together unless given unique names.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="threader"> The IThreader object to be maintained by Threader </param>
public void Spawn(IThreader threader)
{
if (!Tasks.ContainsKey(threader.Name))
{
Tasks[threader.Name] = new List <Task>();
Tokens[threader.Name] = new CancellationTokenSource();
}
Task T = new Task(threader.Action, Tokens[threader.Name].Token, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);
Tasks[threader.Name].Add(T);
T.Start();
}
