How to start a new Thread?

Java:

First, we need a class that implement Runnable interface.

public class FetchStockPrices implements Runnable{
    public void run() {
    // Long running process goes in here!!
    // Retrieve stock price information from remote web service
    }
}

Next, we instantiate the runnable class and pass it into the Thread constructor.

FetchStockPrices job = new FetchStockPrices();
Thread worker = new Thread(job);

Finally, we call the start() method of the Thread object. This will spawn a new thread from the executing thread and execute the target run() method defined in the runnable class.

worker.start();

Now, let’s take a look at the C# version. They are really similar.

C#:

First, we create a class that contain the long running method DoWork().

public class FetchStockPrices{
    public void DoWork() {
    // Long running process goes in here!!
    // Retrieve stock price information from remote web service
    }
}

Next, create the thread object, passing in the FetchSrockPrices.DoWork method via a ThreadStart delegate.

FetchStockPrices job = new FetchStockPrices();
Thread worker = new Thread(new ThreadStart(job.DoWork));

Finally, start the thread.

worker.Start();

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