Multithreading with C# Cookbook - Second Edition

Using the Barrier construct

This recipe illustrates another interesting synchronization construct called Barrier. The Barrier construct helps to organize several threads so that they meet at some point in time, providing a callback that will be executed each time the threads call the SignalAndWait method.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter2\Recipe7.

How to do it...

To understand the use of the Barrier construct, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System; using System.Threading; using ...