Use Thread or ThreadPool

Hi All,

I'm currently developping something where I need to use threads.
Here's the basic scenario. I have a WebService requests which need to
launch a few threads and wait for them to complete before returning a
responses. Bascically, each thread will make a request to our old C++
server and wait for the answer before completing. Also, the WebService
request thread will wait until all the server requests thread are
completed ( or timed-out) before returning a response.

>>From what I've gathered, I could either use the Thread class or the

ThreadPool class to realize this. To me, it seems the ThreadPool would
be easier since I could simply tell it to start all my request and
wait for them to complete. Still, is there anything that I'm missing
here and that might make it not a good idea to use threadpool. I'm new
to C# threads and want to make sure I'm not overlooking something.

Thank you
Simon

P.S. I know that threadpool is limited to 25 threads by default and I
don't think this will create problems with what I want to do.

I want to hold up the currently executing thread until all the others
threads have completed or timed-out.

My main worry here is with the WebService. I'm not sure how the
WebService works in the background to dispatch it's request, but my
guess is that it must itself use a threadpool. If I use a threadpool
in the code handling a WebService request, would I be queuing items in
the same threadpool as the WebService?

Hi Nicholas,

I want to hold up the currently executing thread until all the others
threads have completed or timed-out. I'm just doing a demo of a new
features and want the implementation to be as easy as possible for
now. I might use asynchronous call later if needed, but for now, I'll
hold up the current thread.

My main worry here is with the WebService. I'm not sure how the
WebService works in the background to dispatch it's request, but my
guess is that it must itself use a threadpool. If I use a threadpool
in the code handling a WebService request, would I be queuing items in
the same threadpool as the WebService?

Simon