This recipe will describe how to use a System.Threading.Timer
object to create periodically-called asynchronous operations on a thread pool.
To step into this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter3\Recipe6
.
To learn how to create periodically-called asynchronous operations on a thread pool, perform the following steps:
Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
In the
Program.cs
file, add the followingusing
directives:using System; using System.Threading; using static System.Console; using static System.Threading.Thread;
Add the following code snippet below the
Main
method:static Timer _timer; static void TimerOperation(DateTime start) { TimeSpan elapsed = DateTime.Now - start; WriteLine($"{elapsed.Seconds} seconds from {start}. " + $"Timer thread pool thread id: {CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId}"); }
Add the following...