DispatcherSynchronizationContext Class

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Provides a synchronization context for Silverlight.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Threading.SynchronizationContext
    System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherSynchronizationContext

Namespace:  System.Windows.Threading
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class DispatcherSynchronizationContext _
    Inherits SynchronizationContext
public sealed class DispatcherSynchronizationContext : SynchronizationContext

The DispatcherSynchronizationContext type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone DispatcherSynchronizationContext() Initializes a new instance of the DispatcherSynchronizationContext class by using the current Dispatcher.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone DispatcherSynchronizationContext(Dispatcher) Initializes a new instance of the DispatcherSynchronizationContext class by using the specified Dispatcher.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CreateCopy Creates a copy of this DispatcherSynchronizationContext. (Overrides SynchronizationContext.CreateCopy().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone OperationCompleted When overridden in a derived class, responds to the notification that an operation has completed. (Inherited from SynchronizationContext.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone OperationStarted When overridden in a derived class, responds to the notification that an operation has started. (Inherited from SynchronizationContext.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Post Invokes the callback in the synchronization context asynchronously. (Overrides SynchronizationContext.Post(SendOrPostCallback, Object).)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Send Invokes the callback in the synchronization context synchronously. (Overrides SynchronizationContext.Send(SendOrPostCallback, Object).)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

If a Dispatcher is not specified at the creation of the DispatcherSynchronizationContext instance, the current Dispatcher is associated with the DispatcherSynchronizationContext.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.