本文介绍Thread.Start和Thread.Join方法的用法,在试验Thread.Join方法时遇到了意外的结果
1. 开始一个Thread
开始一个Thread很简单,声明一个Thread实例,然后调用Start方法即可
Thread.Start
Thread threadA = new Thread(new ThreadStart(WorkMethod));
threadA.Start();
Thread threadB = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(WorkMethodWithParam));
threadB.Start(obj);
2. Thread.Join阻塞调用线程,直到某个线程终止为止。
我按照msdn上的解释的理解是:
threadA.Join()方法是用来阻塞threadA线程,直到在threadA开始执行之后启动的线程执行完毕(或者Sleep了)之后,才开始执行threadA线程的方法
但是事实并非如我所想,下面是msdn上的例子,先声明了一个thread实例,然后将一个方法放入ThreadPool中执行,并调用thread的Join方法以阻塞thread的执行。显示结果在预料之中
MSDN Thread.Join例子
using System;
using System.Threading;
class IsThreadPool
{
static void Main()
{
AutoResetEvent autoEvent = new AutoResetEvent(false);
Thread regularThread =
new Thread(new ThreadStart(ThreadMethod));
regularThread.Start();
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(WorkMethod),
autoEvent);
// Wait for foreground thread to end.
regularThread.Join();
// Wait for background thread to end.
autoEvent.WaitOne();
}
static void ThreadMethod()
{
Console.WriteLine("ThreadOne, executing ThreadMethod, " +
"is {0}from the thread pool.",
Thread.CurrentThread.IsThreadPoolThread ? "" : "not ");
}
static void WorkMethod(object stateInfo)
{
Console.WriteLine("ThreadTwo, executing WorkMethod, " +
"is {0}from the thread pool.",
Thread.CurrentThread.IsThreadPoolThread ? "" : "not ");
// Signal that this thread is finished.
((AutoResetEvent)stateInfo).Set();
}
}
执行结果是:
执行结果
ThreadTwo, executing WorkMethod, is from the thread pool.
ThreadOne, executing ThreadMethod, is not from the thread pool.
但是当我对这个例子稍作修改之后就出现了不可理解的问题,我在WorkMethod中加上Thread.Sleep让线程池中的线程休眠2秒,这样操作之后执行结果是:
执行结果
ThreadTwo, executing WorkMethod, is from the thread pool.
Sleep
ThreadOne, executing ThreadMethod, is not from the thread pool.
Sleep end
可以看出当线程池中的线程Sleep之后,被Join的thread即获得执行权,开始执行,这个似乎和msdn的解释有出入
另外我还做了一个测试,把另一个线程用Thread启动,而不是放在线程池中执行,看是否可以正常的阻塞线程,但是结果却是出人意料的,不能按预期阻塞,请看下面的实例代码:
Code
class IsThreadPool
{
static void Main()
{
AutoResetEvent autoEvent = new AutoResetEvent(false);
Thread threadA =
new Thread(new ThreadStart(ThreadMethod));
Thread threadB = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(WorkMethod));
threadA.Start();
// Wait for foreground thread to end.
threadA.Join();
threadB.Start(autoEvent);
// Wait for background thread to end.
autoEvent.WaitOne();
Console.Read();
}
static void ThreadMethod()
{
Console.WriteLine("ThreadOne, executing ThreadMethod, " +
"is {0}from the thread pool.",
Thread.CurrentThread.IsThreadPoolThread ? "" : "not ");
}
static void WorkMethod(object stateInfo)
{
Console.WriteLine("ThreadTwo, executing WorkMethod, " +
"is {0}from the thread pool.",
Thread.CurrentThread.IsThreadPoolThread ? "" : "not ");
// Signal that this thread is finished.
((AutoResetEvent)stateInfo).Set();
}
}
不知道什么原因,上面的代码中threadA并没有被阻塞,难道是只能阻塞放在ThreadPool中执行的线程?没有道理,我反复做了实验都没有成功,把这个结果贴出来,请大家释疑。