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Chapter 5: Processes, threads and synchronization

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Table of content:

Introduction

Processes
Introduction
The System.Diagnostics.Process class
Creating and destroying a child process
Avoid running several simultaneous instances of the same application on a single machine
Terminating the current process

Threads
Introduction
Managed threads vs. Windows threads
Preemptive multitasking
Priority of processes and threads
The System.Threading.Thread class
Creating and joining a thread
Suspending a thread
Terminating a thread
Foreground and background threads
Managed thread state diagram

Introduction to resource access synchronization
Race conditions
Deadlocks

Synchronization with volatile fields and the Interlocked class
Volatile fields
The System.Threading.Interlocked XE "System.Threading.Interlocked" class
Other facilities provided by the Interlocked class

Synchronization with the System.Threading.Monitor class and the lock C# keyword
The Enter() and Exit() methods
The lock C# keyword
The SyncRoot pattern
Thread-safe classes
The Monitor.TryEnter() method
The Wait(), Pulse() and PulseAll() methods of the Monitor class

Synchronizing with win32 objects: mutex, events and semaphores
Sharing win32 synchronization objects
Mutex
Events
Semaphores

Synchronizing using the System.Threading.ReaderWriterLock class

Synchronizing using the System.Runtime.Remoting.Contexts.SynchronizationAttribute attribute
Introduction to synchronization domains
The System.Runtime.Remoting.Contexts.Synchronization and synchronization domains
Reentrancy and synchronization domains
Another attribute named Synchronization

The CLR's threadpool
Introduction
Using the thread pool

Timers
The System.Timers.Timer class
The System.Threading.Timer class
The System.Windows.Forms.Timer class

Calling a method asynchronously
Asynchronous delegates
Callback method
Passing a state to the callback method
One-Way calls

Threads-resources affinities
The System.ThreadStatic attribute
Thread local storage (TLS)
The System.ComponentModel.ISynchronizeInvoke interface

Introduction to execution context

Index