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Thread Members

.NET Framework 2.0

Creates and controls a thread, sets its priority, and gets its status.

The following tables list the members exposed by the Thread type.

	Name	Description
	Thread	Overloaded. Initializes a new instance of the Thread class.

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Public Properties

	Name	Description
	ApartmentState	Gets or sets the apartment state of this thread.
	CurrentContext	Gets the current context in which the thread is executing.
	CurrentCulture	Gets or sets the culture for the current thread.
	CurrentPrincipal	Gets or sets the thread's current principal (for role-based security).
	CurrentThread	Gets the currently running thread.
	CurrentUICulture	Gets or sets the current culture used by the Resource Manager to look up culture-specific resources at run time.
	ExecutionContext	Gets an ExecutionContext object that contains information about the various contexts of the current thread.
	IsAlive	Gets a value indicating the execution status of the current thread.
	IsBackground	Gets or sets a value indicating whether or not a thread is a background thread.
	IsThreadPoolThread	Gets a value indicating whether or not a thread belongs to the managed thread pool.
	ManagedThreadId	Gets a unique identifier for the current managed thread.
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the thread.
	Priority	Gets or sets a value indicating the scheduling priority of a thread.
	ThreadState	Gets a value containing the states of the current thread.

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Public Methods

	Name	Description
	Abort	Overloaded. Raises a ThreadAbortException in the thread on which it is invoked, to begin the process of terminating the thread. Calling this method usually terminates the thread.
	AllocateDataSlot	Allocates an unnamed data slot on all the threads.
	AllocateNamedDataSlot	Allocates a named data slot on all threads.
	BeginCriticalRegion	Notifies a host that execution is about to enter a region of code in which the effects of a thread abort or unhandled exception might jeopardize other tasks in the application domain.
	BeginThreadAffinity	Notifies a host that managed code is about to execute instructions that depend on the identity of the current physical operating system thread.
	EndCriticalRegion	Notifies a host that execution is about to enter a region of code in which the effects of a thread abort or unhandled exception are limited to the current task.
	EndThreadAffinity	Notifies a host that managed code has finished executing instructions that depend on the identity of the current physical operating system thread.
	Equals	Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal. (Inherited from Object.)
	FreeNamedDataSlot	Eliminates the association between a name and a slot, for all threads in the process.
	GetApartmentState	Returns an ApartmentState value indicating the apartment state.
	GetCompressedStack	Returns a CompressedStack object that can be used to capture the stack for the current thread.
	GetData	Retrieves the value from the specified slot on the current thread, within the current thread's current domain.
	GetDomain	Returns the current domain in which the current thread is running.
	GetDomainID	Returns a unique application domain identifier.
	GetHashCode	Overridden. Returns a hash code for the current thread.
	GetNamedDataSlot	Looks up a named data slot.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Interrupt	Interrupts a thread that is in the WaitSleepJoin thread state.
	Join	Overloaded. Blocks the calling thread until a thread terminates.
	MemoryBarrier	Synchronizes memory. In effect, flushes the contents of cache memory to main memory, for the processor executing the current thread.
	ReferenceEquals	Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	ResetAbort	Cancels an Abort requested for the current thread.
	Resume	Resumes a thread that has been suspended.
	SetApartmentState	Sets the apartment state of a thread before it is started.
	SetCompressedStack	Applies a captured CompressedStack to the current thread.
	SetData	Sets the data in the specified slot on the currently running thread, for that thread's current domain.
	Sleep	Overloaded. Blocks the current thread for the specified number of milliseconds.
	SpinWait	Causes a thread to wait the number of times defined by the iterations parameter.
	Start	Overloaded. Causes a thread to be scheduled for execution.
	Suspend	Either suspends the thread, or if the thread is already suspended, has no effect.
	ToString	Returns a String that represents the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	TrySetApartmentState	Sets the apartment state of a thread before it is started.
	VolatileRead	Overloaded. Reads the value of a field. The value is the latest written by any processor in a computer, regardless of the number of processors or the state of processor cache.
	VolatileWrite	Overloaded. Writes a value to a field immediately, so that the value is visible to all processors in the computer.

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	System.Runtime.InteropServices._Thread.GetIDsOfNames	Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers.
	System.Runtime.InteropServices._Thread.GetTypeInfo	Retrieves the type information for an object, which can then be used to get the type information for an interface.
	System.Runtime.InteropServices._Thread.GetTypeInfoCount	Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1).
	System.Runtime.InteropServices._Thread.Invoke	Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object.

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Reference

Thread Class
System.Threading Namespace

Other Resources

Threads and Threading
Using Threads and Threading

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