Dispatcher

Class

Superclasses

System.Object
  Dispatcher

Visual Basic

Public Class Dispatcher

C#

public class Dispatcher

Purpose

Dispatch events from a queue or queue group.

Remarks

Each instance of this class represents a thread that loops indefinitely, repeatedly dispatching a queue or queue group.

This class is a programming convenience. Programs can implement specialized dispatcher threads, and use them instead of this class.

Destroying a dispatcher stops it from dispatching its queue or queue group. The method Dispatcher.Destroy destroys a dispatcher explicitly and immediately. You can also destroy a dispatcher implicitly by deleting all references to it, but the garbage collector might introduce a delay before it destroys the object.

Method	Description	Page
Dispatcher	Create a dispatcher thread.	Dispatcher
Dispatcher.Destroy	Destroy a dispatcher thread.	Dispatcher.Destroy
Dispatcher.Join	Wait for a dispatcher thread to finish.	Dispatcher.Join
Dispatcher.Pause	Pause a dispatcher thread (so it does not dispatch events).	Dispatcher.Pause
Dispatcher.Resume	Resume a dispatcher thread (after pause).	Dispatcher.Resume

Member	Description
Public Instance Properties
Dispatchable	IDispatchable The dispatcher dispatches this queue or queue group.	Get

See Also

Queue.Dispatch

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