Threads to Run Instance Methods

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∟Threads to Run Instance Methods

This section provides a tutorial example on how to use a thread to run instance method.

.NET also allows you to run instance methods in threads as shown in the tutorial example:

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

using System.Threading;
public class TimerThread {
   public static void Main() {
      Timer hisTimer = new Timer("His Timer", 10);
      Thread hisThread = new Thread(hisTimer.Run);
      hisThread.Start();

      Timer herTimer = new Timer("Her Timer", 7);
      Thread herThread = new Thread(herTimer.Run);
      herThread.Start();
   }
}
public class Timer {
   private string name;
   private int duration;
   public Timer(string n, int d) {
      name = n;
      duration = d;
   }
   public void Run() {
      System.Console.WriteLine("{0}: Starts for {1} seconds...",
         name, duration);
      Thread.Sleep(duration*1000);
      System.Console.WriteLine("{0}: Ding! Ding!", name);
   }
}

When executed, I got this output:

His Timer: Starts for 10 seconds...
Her Timer: Starts for 7 seconds...
Her Timer: Ding! Ding!
His Timer: Ding! Ding!

Notice that starting from .NET 2, you can create a Thread object without using a Delegate object explicitly. Just put the method name in the Thread constructor. The compiler will create Delegate object automatically for you.