19.13. Summary
This chapter began by examining how .NET delegate types can be configured to execute a method in an asynchronous manner. As you have seen, the BeginInvoke() and EndInvoke() methods allow you to indirectly manipulate a secondary thread with minimum fuss and bother. During this discussion, you were also introduced to the IAsyncResult interface and AsyncResult class type. As you learned, these types provide various ways to synchronize the calling thread and obtain possible method return values.
The next part of this chapter examined the role of the System.Threading namespace. As you learned, when an application creates additional threads of execution, the result is that the program in question is able to carry out numerous tasks ...
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