System.Threading

Provides types that enable you to use a variety of threading features in your applications.

Classes

• Thread Represents an operating system thread.
• ThreadPool Contains methods for creating and managing threads that are stored in the thread pool.
• CancellationTokenSource Propagates a notification that operations should be canceled.
• ParameterizedThreadStart Represents a method that can be executed by a new thread.
• ThreadExceptionEventArgs Provides data for the ThreadException event.
• LockRecursionPolicy Specifies the recursion policy for a thread-safe object.
• SpinLock Represents a thread-specific, blocking synchronization primitive that uses spinning to acquire the lock.
• Interlocked Provides atomic operations that access memory as a locked operation.

Interfaces

• IThreadPoolWorkItem Represents a work item that can be executed by the .NET ThreadPool.
• IDisposable Defines a method to release unmanaged resources or perform other cleanup operations before an object is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Structs

• CancellationToken Notifies an operation that it should no longer continue.
• TimeoutException The exception that is thrown when an asynchronous operation does not complete within the specified time.

Enums

• ThreadState Indicates the states of an operating system thread.
• ApartmentState Specifies the threading model of the COM component that the thread will use.