/// <summary>
/// Waits until the thread of this watcher has no threads to watch and terminates itself.
/// Because a new watcher thread will be started again on <see cref="Watch"/>,
/// this operation is only useful when you want to ensure that the watcher thread is terminated
/// <strong>after</strong> your application is shut down and there's no chance of calling <see cref="Watch"/>
/// afterwards.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="timeout"></param>
/// <returns><c>true</c> if and only if the watcher thread has been terminated.</returns>
public static bool AwaitInactivity(TimeSpan timeout)
{
Thread watcherThread = ThreadDeathWatcher.watcherThread;
if (watcherThread != null)
{
watcherThread.Join(timeout);
return(!watcherThread.IsAlive);
}
else
{
return(true);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Waits until the thread of this watcher has no threads to watch and terminates itself.
/// Because a new watcher thread will be started again on <see cref="Watch"/>,
/// this operation is only useful when you want to ensure that the watcher thread is terminated
/// <strong>after</strong> your application is shut down and there's no chance of calling <see cref="Watch"/>
/// afterwards.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="timeout"></param>
/// <returns><c>true</c> if and only if the watcher thread has been terminated.</returns>
public static bool AwaitInactivity(TimeSpan timeout)
{
Thread watcherThread = Volatile.Read(ref ThreadDeathWatcher.watcherThread);
if (watcherThread is object)
{
_ = watcherThread.Join(timeout);
return(!watcherThread.IsAlive);
}
else
{
return(true);
}
}
