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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

BackgroundWorker implementation -in C#

BackgroundWorker implementation -in C#
BackgroundWorker class – built using instructions from this fine article by Juval.

The following source code was found in the http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/articles/BackgroundWorker.aspx.

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace Unique.Shavit.UI
{
#region BackgroundWorker
public class BackgroundWorker
{
bool m_CancelPending = false;
bool m_ReportsProgress = false;
bool m_SupportsCancellation = false;

public event DoWorkEventHandler DoWork;
public event ProgressChangedEventHandler ProgressChanged;
public event RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler RunWorkerCompleted;

public bool WorkerSupportsCancellation
{
get
{
lock(this)
{
return m_SupportsCancellation;
}
}
set
{
lock(this)
{
m_SupportsCancellation = value;
}
}
}

public bool WorkerReportsProgress
{
get
{
lock(this)
{
return m_ReportsProgress;
}
}
set
{
lock(this)
{
m_ReportsProgress = value;
}
}
}

public bool CancellationPending
{
get
{
lock(this)
{
return m_CancelPending;
}
}
}

public void RunWorkerAsync()
{
RunWorkerAsync(null);
}

public void RunWorkerAsync(object argument)
{
m_CancelPending = false;
if(DoWork != null)
{
DoWorkEventArgs args = new DoWorkEventArgs(argument);
AsyncCallback callback;
callback = new AsyncCallback(ReportCompletion);
DoWork.BeginInvoke(this,args,callback,args);
}
}

public void ReportProgress(int percent)
{
if(WorkerReportsProgress)
{
ProgressChangedEventArgs progressArgs;
progressArgs = new ProgressChangedEventArgs(percent);
OnProgressChanged(progressArgs);
}
}

public void CancelAsync()
{
lock(this)
{
m_CancelPending = true;
}
}

protected virtual void OnProgressChanged(ProgressChangedEventArgs progressArgs)
{
ProcessDelegate(ProgressChanged,this,progressArgs);
}

protected virtual void OnRunWorkerCompleted(RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs completedArgs)
{
ProcessDelegate(RunWorkerCompleted,this,completedArgs);
}

public delegate void DoWorkEventHandler(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e);
public delegate void ProgressChangedEventHandler(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e);
public delegate void RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e);


void ProcessDelegate(Delegate del,params object[] args)
{
Delegate temp = del;
if(temp == null)
{
return;
}
Delegate[] delegates = temp.GetInvocationList();
foreach(Delegate handler in delegates)
{
InvokeDelegate(handler,args);
}
}

void InvokeDelegate(Delegate del,object[] args)
{
System.ComponentModel.ISynchronizeInvoke synchronizer;
synchronizer = del.Target as System.ComponentModel.ISynchronizeInvoke;
if(synchronizer != null) //A Windows Forms object
{
if(synchronizer.InvokeRequired == false)
{
del.DynamicInvoke(args);
return;
}
try
{
synchronizer.Invoke(del,args);
}
catch
{}
}
else //Not a Windows Forms object
{
del.DynamicInvoke(args);
}
}

void ReportCompletion(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
{
System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.AsyncResult ar = (System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.AsyncResult)asyncResult;
DoWorkEventHandler del;
del = (DoWorkEventHandler)ar.AsyncDelegate;
DoWorkEventArgs doWorkArgs = (DoWorkEventArgs)ar.AsyncState;
object result = null;
Exception error = null;
try
{
del.EndInvoke(asyncResult);
result = doWorkArgs.Result;
}
catch(Exception exception)
{
error = exception;
}
RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs completedArgs = new RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs(result, error, doWorkArgs.Cancel);
OnRunWorkerCompleted(completedArgs);
}

}
#endregion

#region AsyncCompletedEventArgs

public class AsyncCompletedEventArgs : EventArgs
{
public AsyncCompletedEventArgs (bool cancelled,Exception ex)
{
Cancelled= cancelled;
Error = ex;
}

public AsyncCompletedEventArgs(){}

public readonly Exception Error;
public readonly bool Cancelled;
}
#endregion

#region CancelEventArgs
public class CancleEventArgs : EventArgs
{
private bool m_cancel = false;
public bool Cancel
{
get
{
return m_cancel;
}
set
{
m_cancel=value;
}
}
}
#endregion

#region DoWorkEventArgs

public class DoWorkEventArgs : CancleEventArgs
{
public bool Result
{
get
{
return false;
}
set
{

}
}

public readonly object Argument;

public DoWorkEventArgs(object objArgument)
{
Argument = objArgument;
}
}
#endregion

#region ProgressChangedEventArgs

public class ProgressChangedEventArgs : EventArgs
{
public readonly int ProgressPercentage;

public ProgressChangedEventArgs (int intProgressPercentage)
{
ProgressPercentage = intProgressPercentage;
}
}
#endregion

#region RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs

public class RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs : AsyncCompletedEventArgs
{
public readonly object Result;

public RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs (object objResult, Exception exException, bool bCancel)
:base(bCancel,exException)
{
Result = objResult;
}
}
#endregion
}