launch a thread with a NON-VOID method?

[titan nyquist]

I have launched threads with void methods, like so:

TestClass testClass = new TestClass();
Thread testThread = new Thread(testClass.Launch);
testThread.Start();

Where testClass.Launch is void, this works.

I want to make testClass.Launch return a value (bool). Can I do this?

Titan

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I have launched threads with void methods, like so:

TestClass testClass = new TestClass();
Thread testThread = new Thread(testClass.Launch);
testThread.Start();

Where testClass.Launch is void, this works.

I want to make testClass.Launch return a value (bool). Can I do this?

Just use a void method which calls the non-void method - or use an
anonymous method to do the same thing.

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,


Return to whom?

The calling method will be gone by then.

 

[titan nyquist]

So you cannot use a non-void directly?

How would I get the return value from the non-void method, if I call
it from the void method?

Thanks,
Titan

 

[titan nyquist]

Return to whom?

The calling method will be gone by then.

Good point... I need to rethink what I was trying to do.

My errors should be handled inside of the thread, not outside of the
thread in the caller.

Titan

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

So you cannot use a non-void directly?
No.

How would I get the return value from the non-void method, if I call
it from the void method?

You'll need to store it somewhere that the other thread can get at.
Bear in mind that you'll also need to work out when the other thread
has finished - the value won't be available immediately.