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An alternate way to start a thread
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/*
C#: The Complete Reference
by Herbert Schildt
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002)
ISBN: 0072134852
*/
// An alternate way to start a thread.
using System;
using System.Threading;
class MyThread {
public int count;
public Thread thrd;
public MyThread(string name) {
count = 0;
thrd = new Thread(new ThreadStart(this.run));
thrd.Name = name; // set the name of the thread
thrd.Start(); // start the thread
}
// Entry point of thread.
void run() {
Console.WriteLine(thrd.Name + " starting.");
do {
Thread.Sleep(500);
Console.WriteLine("In " + thrd.Name +
", count is " + count);
count++;
} while(count < 10);
Console.WriteLine(thrd.Name + " terminating.");
}
}
public class MultiThreadImproved {
public static void Main() {
Console.WriteLine("Main thread starting.");
// First, construct a MyThread object.
MyThread mt = new MyThread("Child #1");
do {
Console.Write(".");
Thread.Sleep(100);
} while (mt.count != 10);
Console.WriteLine("Main thread ending.");
}
}
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