thread get 100% CPU very fast

Question

I am implementing a very basic thread in C#:

private Thread listenThread;

public void startParser()
{
   this.listenThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(chec         


        

Answer 1

you can use blocking queue. take a item from blocking queue will block the thread until there is a item put into the queue. that doesn't cost any cpu.

with .net4, you can use BlockingCollection http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd267312.aspx

under version 4, there is not blocking queue int .net framework.

you can find many implements of blocking queue if you google it.

here is a implementation

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/recipes/boundedblockingqueue.aspx

by the way. where does the data you wait come from?

EDIT

if you want to check file. you can use FileSystemWatcher to check it with thread block.

if your data comes from external API and the api doesn't block the thread, there is no way to block the thread except use Thread.Sleep