Chapter 3. Using a Thread Pool

In this chapter, we will describe the common techniques that are used for working with shared resources from multiple threads. You will learn the following recipes:

• Invoking a delegate on a thread pool
• Posting an asynchronous operation on a thread pool
• A thread pool and the degree of parallelism
• Implementing a cancellation option
• Using a wait handle and timeout with a thread pool
• Using a timer
• Using the BackgroundWorker component