Is there a way to wake a sleeping thread?

Question

Is there a way to wake a sleeping thread in C#? So, have it sleep for either a long time and wake it when you want work processed?

Answer 1

Based on Ilia's suggestion:

t1 = new Thread(() =>
    {
     while (keepRunning) {
         try {
             DoWork();
             Thread.Sleep(all_night_long);
             }
         catch (ThreadInterruptedException) { }
         }
    });
t1.Start();

and...

public void WakeUp()
{
   t1.Interrupt();
}

public void StopRunningImmediately()
{
   keepRunning = false;
   WakeUp(); //immediately
}

This solution is crude, as there may be other reasons why the ThreadInterruptedException is thrown.