Delayed function calls

Question

Is there a nice simple method of delaying a function call whilst letting the thread continue executing?

e.g.

public void foo()
{
    // Do stuff!

           


        

Answer 1

This will work either on older versions of .NET
Cons: will execute in its own thread

class CancelableDelay
    {
        Thread delayTh;
        Action action;
        int ms;

        public static CancelableDelay StartAfter(int milliseconds, Action action)
        {
            CancelableDelay result = new CancelableDelay() { ms = milliseconds };
            result.action = action;
            result.delayTh = new Thread(result.Delay);
            result.delayTh.Start();
            return result;
        }

        private CancelableDelay() { }

        void Delay()
        {
            try
            {
                Thread.Sleep(ms);
                action.Invoke();
            }
            catch (ThreadAbortException)
            { }
        }

        public void Cancel() => delayTh.Abort();

    }

Usage:

var job = CancelableDelay.StartAfter(1000, () => { WorkAfter1sec(); });  
job.Cancel(); //to cancel the delayed job