COM+ Unleashed

COM+ Thread Types

The thread type indicates the amount of support that the thread is providing. Here, support means the quantity of features implemented by the thread. The difference in quantity of features is important only to the programmer. The user does not really care, nor should he care, what thread types are used in his application. The operating system is also completely unaware of the different types of threads.

You'll learn about thread pools and the following thread types in this chapter:

• Worker threads

• Message queue threads

• Window threads

• Apartment threads

Note

Each of the thread types that I discuss will contain the features of the previous thread type and one or more additional features. The message queue thread type is similar to ...