// This is our default method that will run when the thread starts from Program.cs
public void farmerFunc()
{
// Will run until we reach 10 price cuts
while (cutCount < 10)
{
// Iterates every 500 milliseconds
Thread.Sleep(500);
// Generate a random price using PricingModel() method
int p = PricingModel();
// Change the chicken price to our price generated from PricingModel()
ChickenFarm.changePrice(p);
}
// Once the loop is complete and 10 price cuts have happened, we can terminate our threads
Program.farmThreadActive = false;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Initialize our ChickenFarm
ChickenFarm chicken = new ChickenFarm();
// Initialize our Buffer
buffer = new MultiCellBuffer();
// Start our ChickenFarm thread
Thread farmer = new Thread(new ThreadStart(chicken.farmerFunc));
farmer.Start();
// Initialize our Retailer
Retailer chickenstore = new Retailer();
// ChickenFarm communicates to the subscribed retailer when a price cut happens, then the retailer generates an order
ChickenFarm.priceCut += new priceCutEvent(chickenstore.chickenOnSale);
// Retailer communicates to the ChickenFarm when an order is generated, then the ChickenFarm processes the order
Retailer.orderGenerated += new orderGeneratedEvent(chicken.receiveOrder);
// Once the respective retailer gets confirmation of order processing, the order is printed
OrderProcessing.orderProcessed += new orderProcessedEvent(chickenstore.orderProcessed);
// Initialize 5 new threads for our retailers
retailers = new Thread[5];
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
// Make 5 copies of our retailer into our 5 Threads
retailers[i] = new Thread(new ThreadStart(chickenstore.retailerFunc));
// Give our threads a name (1 through 5 respectively)
retailers[i].Name = (i + 1).ToString();
// Then start our 5 retailer threads
retailers[i].Start();
}
}