Question

Problem: I am working on a ASP.NET 2.0/C# Application and I need to do the following:

I have a function I am using from a third-party library lets say

MyFunctions.CalculateTotal(int a, int b);

A known issue is that the thread locks resources. So there is another function that needs to be called afterwards to clean everything up.

MyFunctions.ThreadExit();

The issue is that this will exit the current thread and I will not be able to use any other function afterwards. Also, it does not seem appropriate for me to kill an asp.net thread like this.

I have considered spinning a separate thread, but that would be a hack.

Global.asax has those application wide events like Application_Start/End

I know there is no event such as Application_ThreadStart/End, but maybe something like that?

Any other suggestion for a possible solution?

Answer 1

(Updated)

It sounds like that library wants to make a mess in the current thread and force you to exit the thread if you want it to clean up after itself. In that case, I would always run that method in a separate thread. Untested code:

int result;
var thread = new Thread(_ => {
  result = MyFunctions.CalculateTotal(a, b);
  MyFunctions.ThreadExit();
}).Start();