Creating and Running Threads

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∟Creating and Running Threads

This section provides a tutorial example on how to create and run a thread that executes a static method.

There are 4 basic steps to create and run a thread:

1. Create a "public static void" method as the execution method to hold the code that you want to execute in the thread. For example:

   public static void HelloMethod() {...}

2. Create a System.Threading.ThreadStart delegate to represent the execution method: For example:

   using System.Threading;
   ThreadStart myDelegate = new ThreadStart(HelloMethod);

3. Create a System.Threading.Thread object with the delegate: For example:

   using System.Threading;
   Thread myThread = new Thread(myDelegate);

4. Run the thread by calling the Start() method on the thread object. For example:

   myThread.start();

This is a tutorial example on how to create and run a thread:

// HelloThread.cs
// Copyright (c) 2010 HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved.

using System.Threading;
public class HelloThread {
   public static void Main() {
      ThreadStart myDelegate = new ThreadStart(HelloMethod);
      Thread myThread = new Thread(myDelegate);
      myThread.Start();
      System.Console.WriteLine("Hello from a main program");
   }
   public static void HelloMethod() {
      System.Console.WriteLine("Hello from a sub thread");
   }
}

When executed, I got this output:

Hello from a main program
Hello from a sub thread

Cool. I know how to create and run a thread now.

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About This Book

Introduction of C# (C Sharp)

Data Type and Variables

Logical Expressions and Conditional Statements

Arrays and Loop Statements

Data Type Features

Floating-Point Data Types

Passing Parameters to Methods

Execution Environment Class

Visual C# 2010 Express Edition

Class Features

C# Compiler and Intermediate Language

Compiling C# Source Code Files

MSBuild - Microsoft Build Engine

Memory Usages of Processes

►Multithreading in C#

What Is Multithreading?

System.Threading.Thread Class

►Creating and Running Threads

Threads to Run Instance Methods

Performance Impact with Multiple Threads

Multi-Thread Programs on Multi-CPU Systems

Maximum Number of Threads in a Program

Async Feature from C# 5

System.IO.FileInfo Class

System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo Class

WPF - Windows Presentation Foundation

Partial Classes and Partial Methods

Archived Tutorials

References

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