AutoResetEvent Reset immediately after Set

Question

Consider the following pattern:

private AutoResetEvent signal = new AutoResetEvent(false);

private void Work()
{
    while (true)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(5000         


        

Answer 1

Instead of using AutoResetEvent or ManualResetEvent, use this:

public sealed class Signaller
{
    public void PulseAll()
    {
        lock (_lock)
        {
            Monitor.PulseAll(_lock);
        }
    }

    public void Pulse()
    {
        lock (_lock)
        {
            Monitor.Pulse(_lock);
        }
    }

    public void Wait()
    {
        Wait(Timeout.Infinite);
    }

    public bool Wait(int timeoutMilliseconds)
    {
        lock (_lock)
        {
            return Monitor.Wait(_lock, timeoutMilliseconds);
        }
    }

    private readonly object _lock = new object();
}

Then change your code like so:

private Signaller signal = new Signaller();

private void Work()
{
    while (true)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(5000);
        signal.Pulse(); // Or signal.PulseAll() to signal ALL waiting threads.
    }
}

public void WaitForNextEvent()
{
    signal.Wait();
}