Question

I’ve made an experiment on GOF Factory Method Pattern and use Threads for this.
I used the GOF Factory Method Pattern for dynamically create threads in C# .Net. The code structure is exactly the same described in the Factory Method pattern Example. I know creating new threads is not considered good practice. But sometimes you have to consider some not good enough practices to accomplish your requirements. I need to know that is it safe to create threads dynamically by this pattern or is there any better pattern or technology to create and manage threads in run time??? I am going to implement this in my project where I need to create several Threads in run time.

Answer 1

As stated by Hans Passant .NET 4.0 TaskFactory Class is a useful tool for creating simultaneous Threads.

A task factory is represented by the System.Threading.Tasks.TaskFactory class, which creates Task objects, or the System.Threading.Tasks.TaskFactory class, which creates Task objects. Both classes contain methods that you can use to:

Create tasks and start them immediately. 

Create task continuations that start when any or all of an array of tasks complete. 

Create tasks that represent pairs of begin/end methods that follow the Asynchronous Programming Model.

References:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee782519.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.threading.tasks.taskfactory.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460693.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd537609.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee372288.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997423.aspx