C# Timer Listen

If do you want do add one Timer Listening during on current thread of your application, this class auxiliate this job. TimerListen class has a decople code that can be used with asynchronously or synchronously (by SynchronizationContext) with User Interface.

The approach is very simple: define on method that needs to be executed frequently (for example, between one-one second steps or ten-and-ten seconds steps etc.), like bellow:

public static void MethodToExecuteFrequently()
{
   System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Ends cycle of timer!");
}

The instance of TimerListen is define as a field class:

public static TimerListen listening = new TimerListen(1000, new Action(() => MethodToExecuteFrequently()))

The developer can instance with sychronized a UI Thread:

//This object was assigned at UI layer:
SynchronizationContext uiThread = SynchronizationContext.Current;

//The TimerListen object with parameters, including the threadContext:
public static TimerListen listening = new TimerListen(1000, new Tuple<Action, SynchronizationContext>(
   ()=>Method, uiThread));

And define the starts and the end of listening:

static void Main()
{
  listening.Start();
  //Batch and long processing to be execute...
  listening.Stop();
}

Concept

The Timer Listen class enjoys features of .NET Framework Timer class, that has a pooling thread, based on Rounding Robing Scheduling

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License

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