Name
ThreadState
Synopsis
This enumeration encapsulates
the various states a thread may
be in. A thread starts in the Unstarted state.
Once the Thread.Start( ) method is called, a
thread enters the Running state. If another thread
calls Thread.Abort( ) at any time, the thread
shifts into the AbortRequested state, and then
into Aborted once the thread reaches a safe point
for garbage collection.
If the running thread calls either the static method
Thread.Sleep( ), any of the Wait( ) methods on a WaitHandle, or
Thread.Join( ) on another thread, the executing
thread enters the WaitSleepJoin state.
If another thread calls Thread.Interrupt( ) on a
thread in the WaitSleepJoin state, the thread
again enters the Running state. When another
thread calls Thread.Suspend( ) on a thread, it
enters the SuspendRequested state. Once a thread
in the SuspendRequested state reaches a safe point
for garbage collection, it enters the Suspended
state. A thread then leaves the Suspended state
and enters the running state when another thread calls
Thread.Resume( ) on it. When a thread has finished
running, it enters the Stopped state.
Once a thread has started, it cannot return to the
Unstarted state. Similarly, once a thread has
aborted or stopped, it cannot return to the
Running state. This enumeration is marked with a
[Flags( )] attribute, which allows a thread to be
in more than one state at a time. For example, if a thread is in the
WaitSleepJoin and another thread calls
Thread.Abort( ) on it, it will ...