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Creating Threads

The System::Threading namespace contains all the classes needed to create a multithreaded application. Not only does it contain the class to create and manage a thread, but there are also classes designed to work with kernel objects, thread exceptions, and synchronization issues, such as deadlocks.

The main class within the System::Threading namespace responsible for threads is the Thread class. Within the WIN32 API, when a thread was created, you had to supply a function pointer to the function that would be used for the thread's main procedure. The Thread class's constructor within the .NET Framework is similar, but rather than using a callback function, it uses a delegate. However, even though a thread is created and is associated ...