{"id":8134,"date":"2020-04-30T18:37:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T18:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/putridparrot.com\/blog\/?p=8134"},"modified":"2020-04-30T18:37:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T18:37:46","slug":"net-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/putridparrot.com\/blog\/net-channels\/","title":{"rendered":".NET Channels"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is based upon a Channel9 video with Stephen Toub, I recommend you go and watch it (see references) if you’re interested in threadsafe producer\/consumer mechanisms.<\/p>\n

This is the namespace you want to be looking at<\/p>\n

\r\nusing System.Threading.Channels;\r\n<\/pre>\n
There are two types of channel, bounded and unbounded. <\/p>\n
Bounded channels have a fixed size. In this example the queue within the channel will only allow a maximum of 10 items, meaning if we try to write more than the 10 items, the write method would block until an item is removed\/read from the queue<\/p>\n
\r\nvar c = Channel.CreateBounded<int>(10);\r\n<\/pre>\n
So from this, we can tell that unbounded means the queue within the channel in unlimited in size. We create an unbounded channel like this<\/p>\n
\r\nvar c = Channel.CreateUnbounded<int>();\r\n<\/pre>\n
When we want to add items to the channel we use code such as the following, obviously if the queue has reached a limit (bounded) then this will block<\/p>\n
\r\nc.Writer.TryWrite(123);\r\n<\/pre>\n
To read a value from the channel (if one exists) we use<\/p>\n
\r\nawait c.Reader.ReadAsync()\r\n<\/pre>\n
References<\/strong><\/p>\n
Working with Channels in .NET<\/a>
\nAn Introduction to System.Threading.Channels<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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