WaitHandle.WaitTimeout Field

public: int WaitTimeout = 258;

public const int WaitTimeout = 258;

val mutable WaitTimeout : int

Public Const WaitTimeout As Integer  = 258

Field Value

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the thread pool to simultaneously search for a file on multiple disks. For space considerations, only the root directory of each disk is searched.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Search search = new Search();
        search.FindFile("SomeFile.dat");
    }
}

class Search
{
    // Maintain state information to pass to FindCallback.
    class State
    {
        public AutoResetEvent autoEvent;
        public string         fileName;

        public State(AutoResetEvent autoEvent, string fileName)
        {
            this.autoEvent    = autoEvent;
            this.fileName     = fileName;
        }
    }

    AutoResetEvent[] autoEvents;
    String[] diskLetters;

    public Search()
    {
        // Retrieve an array of disk letters.
        diskLetters = Environment.GetLogicalDrives();

        autoEvents = new AutoResetEvent[diskLetters.Length];
        for(int i = 0; i < diskLetters.Length; i++)
        {
            autoEvents[i] = new AutoResetEvent(false);
        }
    }

    // Search for fileName in the root directory of all disks.
    public void FindFile(string fileName)
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < diskLetters.Length; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Searching for {0} on {1}.",
                fileName, diskLetters[i]);
            ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(
                new WaitCallback(FindCallback), 
                new State(autoEvents[i], diskLetters[i] + fileName));
        }

        // Wait for the first instance of the file to be found.
        int index = WaitHandle.WaitAny(autoEvents, 3000, false);
        if(index == WaitHandle.WaitTimeout)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\n{0} not found.", fileName);
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\n{0} found on {1}.", fileName,
                diskLetters[index]);
        }
    }

    // Search for stateInfo.fileName.
    void FindCallback(object state)
    {
        State stateInfo = (State)state;

        // Signal if the file is found.
        if(File.Exists(stateInfo.fileName))
        {
            stateInfo.autoEvent.Set();
        }
    }
}

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Threading

Public Class Test

    <MTAThread> _
    Shared Sub Main()
        Dim search As New Search()
        search.FindFile("SomeFile.dat")
    End Sub    
End Class

Public Class Search

    ' Maintain state information to pass to FindCallback.
    Class State
        Public autoEvent As AutoResetEvent 
        Public fileName As String         

        Sub New(anEvent As AutoResetEvent, fName As String)
            autoEvent = anEvent
            fileName = fName
        End Sub
    End Class

    Dim autoEvents() As AutoResetEvent
    Dim diskLetters() As String

    Sub New()

        ' Retrieve an array of disk letters.
        diskLetters = Environment.GetLogicalDrives()

        autoEvents = New AutoResetEvent(diskLetters.Length - 1) {}
        For i As Integer = 0 To diskLetters.Length - 1
            autoEvents(i) = New AutoResetEvent(False)
        Next i
    End Sub    
    
    ' Search for fileName in the root directory of all disks.
    Sub FindFile(fileName As String)
        For i As Integer = 0 To diskLetters.Length - 1
            Console.WriteLine("Searching for {0} on {1}.", _
                fileName, diskLetters(i))
        
            ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(AddressOf FindCallback, _ 
                New State(autoEvents(i), diskLetters(i) & fileName))
        Next i

        ' Wait for the first instance of the file to be found.
        Dim index As Integer = _
            WaitHandle.WaitAny(autoEvents, 3000, False)
        If index = WaitHandle.WaitTimeout
            Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "{0} not found.", fileName)
        Else
            Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "{0} found on {1}.", _
                fileName, diskLetters(index))
        End If
    End Sub

    ' Search for stateInfo.fileName.
    Sub FindCallback(state As Object)
        Dim stateInfo As State = DirectCast(state, State)

        ' Signal if the file is found.
        If File.Exists(stateInfo.fileName) Then
            stateInfo.autoEvent.Set()
        End If
    End Sub

End Class

Remarks

This field is one of the possible return values of WaitAny.