Csharp/CSharp Tutorial/Thread/Thread Priority
Thread priorities.
<source lang="csharp">using System; using System.Threading;
class MyThread {
public int count;
public Thread thrd;
public MyThread(string name) {
count = 0;
thrd = new Thread(this.run);
thrd.Name = name;
}
void run() {
Console.WriteLine(thrd.Name + " starting.");
do {
count++;
Console.WriteLine("In " + thrd.Name);
} while(count < 10000);
Console.WriteLine(thrd.Name + " terminating.");
}
}
class PriorityDemo {
public static void Main() {
MyThread mt1 = new MyThread("High Priority");
MyThread mt2 = new MyThread("Low Priority");
mt1.thrd.Priority = ThreadPriority.AboveNormal;
mt2.thrd.Priority = ThreadPriority.BelowNormal;
mt1.thrd.Start();
mt2.thrd.Start();
mt1.thrd.Join();
mt2.thrd.Join();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine(mt1.thrd.Name + " thread counted to " + mt1.count);
Console.WriteLine(mt2.thrd.Name + " thread counted to " + mt2.count);
}
}</source>
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Thread priorities: ThreadPriority.Highest, ThreadPriority.Lowest
<source lang="csharp">using System; using System.Threading; class MainClass {
public static void Countdown()
{
for (int i = 10; i > 0; i--)
{
Console.Write(i.ToString() + " ");
}
}
public static void Main()
{
Thread t2 = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Countdown));
t2.Priority=ThreadPriority.Highest;
Thread.CurrentThread.Priority=ThreadPriority.Lowest;
t2.Start();
}
}</source>
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User Thread: Name, ApartmentState, IsAlive, Priority, ThreadState
<source lang="csharp">using System; using System.Threading; class MainClass {
static void MyThreadProc()
{
Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "TheSecondaryThread";
Thread secondaryThread = Thread.CurrentThread;
Console.WriteLine("Name? {0}", secondaryThread.Name);
Console.WriteLine("Alive? {0}", secondaryThread.IsAlive);
Console.WriteLine("Priority? {0}", secondaryThread.Priority);
Console.WriteLine("State? {0}", secondaryThread.ThreadState);
Console.WriteLine();
for(int i = 0; i < 1000; i ++)
{
Console.WriteLine("Value of i is: {0}", i);
Thread.Sleep(5);
}
}
[MTAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Start a new worker thread.
Thread secondaryThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(MyThreadProc));
secondaryThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
secondaryThread.Start();
}
}</source>
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