Detecting a Thread is already running in C# .net?

Question

I am using following code.

public void runThread(){
    if (System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(\"myThread\").Length == 0)
    {
    Thread t = new         


        

Answer 1

One easy way is that you could have a flag that indicates if it's running or not. You maybe have to use some lock if it's some conflicts.

public static bool isThreadRunning = false;

public void runThread()
{
    if (!isThreadRunning)
    {
        Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(go));
        t.IsBackground = true;
        t.Name = "myThread";
        t.Start();
    }
    else
    {
      System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("myThreadis already Running.");
    }   
}
public void go()
{
    isThreadRunning = true;
    //My work goes here
    isThreadRunning = false;
}