.net將關于多線程的功能定義在system.threading名字空間中。因此，要使用多線程，必須先聲明引用此名字空間（using system.threading;）。
即使你沒有編寫多線程應用程序的經驗，也可能聽說過“啟動線程”“殺死線程”這些詞，其實除了這兩個外，涉及多線程方面的還有諸如“暫停線程”“優先級”“掛起線程”“恢復線程”等等。下面將一個一個的解釋。
a.啟動線程
顧名思義，“啟動線程”就是新建并啟動一個線程的意思，如下代碼可實現：
thread thread1 = new thread(new threadstart( count));
其中的 count 是將要被新線程執行的函數。
b.殺死線程
“殺死線程”就是將一線程斬草除根，為了不白費力氣，在殺死一個線程前最好先判斷它是否還活著（通過 isalive 屬性），然后就可以調用 abort 方法來殺死此線程。
c.暫停線程
它的意思就是讓一個正在運行的線程休眠一段時間。如 thread.sleep(1000); 就是讓線程休眠1秒鐘。
d.優先級
這個用不著解釋了。thread類中有一個threadpriority屬性，它用來設置優先級，但不能保證操作系統會接受該優先級。一個線程的優先級可 分為5種：normal, abovenormal, belownormal, highest, lowest。具體實現例子如下:
thread.priority = threadpriority.highest;
e.掛起線程
thread類的suspend方法用來掛起線程，知道調用resume，此線程才可以繼續執行。如果線程已經掛起，那就不會起作用。
if (thread.threadstate = threadstate.running)
{
thread.suspend();
}
f.恢復線程
用來恢復已經掛起的線程，以讓它繼續執行，如果線程沒掛起，也不會起作用。
if (thread.threadstate = threadstate.suspended)
{
thread.resume();
}
下面將列出一個例子，以說明簡單的線程處理功能。此例子來自于幫助文檔。
using system;
using system.threading;
// simple threading scenario: start a static method running
// on a second thread.
public class threadexample {
// the threadproc method is called when the thread starts.
// it loops ten times, writing to the console and yielding
// the rest of its time slice each time, and then ends.
public static void threadproc() {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
console.writeline("threadproc: {0}", i);
// yield the rest of the time slice.
thread.sleep(0);
}
}
public static void main() {
console.writeline("main thread: start a second thread.");
// the constructor for the thread class requires a threadstart
// delegate that represents the method to be executed on the
// thread. c# simplifies the creation of this delegate.
thread t = new thread(new threadstart(threadproc));
// start threadproc. on a uniprocessor, the thread does not get
// any processor time until the main thread yields. uncomment
// the thread.sleep that follows t.start() to see the difference.
t.start();
//thread.sleep(0);
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
console.writeline("main thread: do some work.");
thread.sleep(0);
}
console.writeline("main thread: call join(), to wait until threadproc ends.");
t.join();
console.writeline("main thread: threadproc.join has returned. press enter to end program.");
console.readline();
}
}
此代碼產生的輸出類似如下內容：
main thread: start a second thread.
main thread: do some work.
threadproc: 0
main thread: do some work.
threadproc: 1
main thread: do some work.
threadproc: 2
main thread: do some work.
threadproc: 3
main thread: call join(), to wait until threadproc ends.
threadproc: 4
threadproc: 5
threadproc: 6
threadproc: 7
threadproc: 8
threadproc: 9
main thread: threadproc.join has returned. press enter to end program.
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