Thread::Priority Property
Gets or sets a value indicating the scheduling priority of a thread.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public: property ThreadPriority Priority { ThreadPriority get(); [HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, SelfAffectingThreading = true)] void set(ThreadPriority value); }
Property Value
Type: System.Threading::ThreadPriorityOne of the ThreadPriority values. The default value is ThreadPriority::Normal.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ThreadStateException | The thread has reached a final state, such as Aborted. |
| ArgumentException | The value specified for a set operation is not a valid ThreadPriority value. |
A thread can be assigned any one of the following priority ThreadPriority values:
Highest
AboveNormal
Normal
BelowNormal
Lowest
Operating systems are not required to honor the priority of a thread.
The following example shows the result of changing the priority of a thread. Three threads are created, the priority of one thread is set to ThreadPriority::BelowNormal, and the priority of a second is set to ThreadPriority::AboveNormal. Each thread increments a variable in a while loop and runs for a set time.
Available since 1.1