DispatchSharp 1.0.0

DispatchSharp

https://www.nuget.org/packages/DispatchSharp/

A library to make multi-threaded dispatch code more testable.

Models a job dispatch pattern and provides both threaded and non threaded implementations.

Getting Started

Doing a batch of work:

void DoBatch(IEnumerable<object> workToDo) {
	var dispatcher = Dispatch<object>.CreateDefaultMultithreaded("MyTask");

	dispatcher.AddConsumer(MyWorkMethod);
	dispatcher.Start();
	dispatcher.AddWork(workToDo);
	dispatcher.WaitForEmptyQueueAndStop();	// only call this if you're not filling the queue from elsewhere
}

or

Dispatch<int>.ProcessBatch("BatchRequests", Enumerable.Range(0, times).ToArray(), i => {
        . . .
    },
    threadCount,
    ex => {
        Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
    }
);

Handling long running incoming jobs:

dispatcher = Dispatch<object>.CreateDefaultMultithreaded("MyService");
dispatcher.AddConsumer(MyWorkMethod);
dispatcher.Start();
.
.
.
dispatcher.AddWork(...);

Using a polling method to handle incoming jobs in a long-running process:

var dispatcher = Dispatch<object>.PollAndProces("MyService", myPollingSource);
dispatcher.AddConsumer(MyWorkMethod);
dispatcher.Start();

with a method defined like

void MyWorkMethod(object obj)
{
	. . .
}