Question

I’m looking to implement a synchronous and asynchronous version of a method within a class library. Currently I’ve done this so that the Async method fires off a new Thread and does it’s processing. To determine if the action has completed the user should poll a property to see if it has finished.

I’d like to improve it, I think it would be better to use some form of Async callback or result, but I’m not really sure how to go about implementing it, or, if indeed it is necessary. Can anyone offer any advice?

Answer 1

public static void Queue(Action action, Action done) {
    ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(_ =>
    {
        try {
            action();
        } 
        catch (ThreadAbortException) { /* dont report on this */ } 
        catch (Exception ex) {
            Debug.Assert(false, "Async thread crashed! This must be fixed. " + ex.ToString());
        }
        // note: this will not be called if the thread is aborted
        if (done != null) done();
    });
}

Usage:

    Queue( () => { Console.WriteLine("doing work"); }, 
           () => { Console.WriteLine("work was done!"); } );