Pass Parameters through ParameterizedThreadStart

Question

I\'m trying to pass parameters through the following:

Thread thread = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(DoMethod));

Any idea how to do th

Answer 1

Use overloaded Thread.Start method, which accepts object (you can pass your custom type or array if you need several parameters):

Foo parameter = // get parameter value
Thread thread = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(DoMethod));
thread.Start(parameter);

And in DoMethod simply cast argument to your parameter type:

private void DoMethod(object obj)
{
    Foo parameter = (Foo)obj;
    // ...    
}

BTW in .NET 4.0 and above you can use tasks (also be careful with race conditions):

Task.Factory.StartNew(() => DoMethod(a, b, c));