Hi,
My application has a need to cache a number of shared reference lists
containing basic business objects. In order to improve performance these
lists are fetched and updated in the background.
When a UI is required to display one of these reference lists it requests it
by name from the cache. If the list already exists in the cache it is
returned to the caller otherwise a brand new empty one is created and
returned. This new empty list then initiates a background thread to fetch
the items from the database. On return the contents of the list are merged
with the empty list in the cache and the appropriate ListChanged events
raised to notify observing controls that the list has changed.
I use Joval Lowy's BackgroundWorke r
( http://www.idesign.net/idesign/deskt...ndex=5&tabid=8) to
perform the background fetch.
My problem is that the merge/update to the cached list takes place on the
background thread. This results in a ListChanged event being raised on that
thread and the control that the list is bound to being updated on a thread
other than the one that created it. I would like to be able to return to the
main thread when the background thread has finished its work of fetching the
list. This would allow the main thread to perform the update of the cached
list and the raising of the ListChanged event. I have read about the
ISynchronizeInv oke interface and thought that that would be the way to go
but I cannot see how to marshall back to the main thread other than to use
PostMessage.
Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks in advance,
Graham 9  2225 
GM <ma*****@NOSPAM gaelquality.co. uk> wrote: My application has a need to cache a number of shared reference lists
containing basic business objects. In order to improve performance these
lists are fetched and updated in the background.
When a UI is required to display one of these reference lists it requests it
by name from the cache. If the list already exists in the cache it is
returned to the caller otherwise a brand new empty one is created and
returned. This new empty list then initiates a background thread to fetch
the items from the database. On return the contents of the list are merged
with the empty list in the cache and the appropriate ListChanged events
raised to notify observing controls that the list has changed.
I use Joval Lowy's BackgroundWorke r
(http://www.idesign.net/idesign/deskt...ndex=5&tabid=8) to
perform the background fetch.
My problem is that the merge/update to the cached list takes place on the
background thread. This results in a ListChanged event being raised on that
thread and the control that the list is bound to being updated on a thread
other than the one that created it. I would like to be able to return to the
main thread when the background thread has finished its work of fetching the
list. This would allow the main thread to perform the update of the cached
list and the raising of the ListChanged event. I have read about the
ISynchronizeInv oke interface and thought that that would be the way to go
but I cannot see how to marshall back to the main thread other than to use
PostMessage.
Am I missing something obvious?
I don't know how obvious it is, but Control.Invoke is what you're
after.
See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/t...winforms.shtml
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Thanks for replying Jon,
I had written a reply that basically said that I couldn't call
Control.Invoke because the class where I want to return to the main thread
is not a control, its a container for my shared reference lists. But then I
got to thinking why couldn't it be a control? So I made my
ReferenceListCa che class inherit from control and when the BackgroundWorke r
completed, also in the ReferenceListCa che, I attempted to invoke the
MergeList method, also in ReferenceListCa che, through the MergeDelegate.
But the MergeList method is never called. So what am I doing wrong? I've
pasted some code below.
public delegate void MergeDelegate(A rrayList list);
public class ReferenceListCa che
{
public void MergeList(Array List list)
{
mListRegistry.U pdateCachedList (list, true);
}
private void worker_RunWorke rCompleted(obje ct sender,
RunWorkerComple tedEventArgs e)
{
ArrayList list = e.Result as ArrayList;
MergeDelegate merge = new MergeDelegate(M ergeList);
object[] args = new object[]{list};
this.Invoke(mer ge, args);
}
}
Thanks,
Graham
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.co m> wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@msnews.micros oft.com... GM <ma*****@NOSPAM gaelquality.co. uk> wrote: My application has a need to cache a number of shared reference lists
containing basic business objects. In order to improve performance these
lists are fetched and updated in the background.
When a UI is required to display one of these reference lists it requests
it
by name from the cache. If the list already exists in the cache it is
returned to the caller otherwise a brand new empty one is created and
returned. This new empty list then initiates a background thread to fetch
the items from the database. On return the contents of the list are
merged
with the empty list in the cache and the appropriate ListChanged events
raised to notify observing controls that the list has changed.
I use Joval Lowy's BackgroundWorke r
(http://www.idesign.net/idesign/deskt...ndex=5&tabid=8)
to
perform the background fetch.
My problem is that the merge/update to the cached list takes place on the
background thread. This results in a ListChanged event being raised on
that
thread and the control that the list is bound to being updated on a
thread
other than the one that created it. I would like to be able to return to
the
main thread when the background thread has finished its work of fetching
the
list. This would allow the main thread to perform the update of the
cached
list and the raising of the ListChanged event. I have read about the
ISynchronizeInv oke interface and thought that that would be the way to go
but I cannot see how to marshall back to the main thread other than to
use
PostMessage.
Am I missing something obvious?
I don't know how obvious it is, but Control.Invoke is what you're
after.
See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/t...winforms.shtml
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
GM <ma*****@NOSPAM gaelquality.co. uk> wrote: I had written a reply that basically said that I couldn't call
Control.Invoke because the class where I want to return to the main thread
is not a control, its a container for my shared reference lists.
It doesn't need to *be* a control - it merely has to have a *reference*
to a control. If you're wanting to do something with the UI, you must
have a reference to a control of some description somewhere.
Note that you don't have to know that it's a control - Control
implements ISynchronizeInv oke, so you can pass a reference to a control
to something more general which accepts an ISynchronizeInv oke to use to
synchronize when it's finished.
--
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Thanks Jon.
I had also tried that approach, by giving my ReferenceListCa che class a
Label control as a private member. I then try to Invoke the delegate on
this Label control. But the delegate method is still not being called. In
order to test the delegate method I did a DynamicInvoke on the delegate
instead of a Control.Invoke and the method was called. So I think the
problem must be a misunderstandin g on my part on the use of Control.Invoke.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Graham
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.co m> wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@msnews.micros oft.com... GM <ma*****@NOSPAM gaelquality.co. uk> wrote: I had written a reply that basically said that I couldn't call
Control.Invoke because the class where I want to return to the main
thread
is not a control, its a container for my shared reference lists.
It doesn't need to *be* a control - it merely has to have a *reference*
to a control. If you're wanting to do something with the UI, you must
have a reference to a control of some description somewhere.
Note that you don't have to know that it's a control - Control
implements ISynchronizeInv oke, so you can pass a reference to a control
to something more general which accepts an ISynchronizeInv oke to use to
synchronize when it's finished.
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
GM <ma*****@NOSPAM gaelquality.co. uk> wrote: I had also tried that approach, by giving my ReferenceListCa che class a
Label control as a private member. I then try to Invoke the delegate on
this Label control. But the delegate method is still not being called. In
order to test the delegate method I did a DynamicInvoke on the delegate
instead of a Control.Invoke and the method was called. So I think the
problem must be a misunderstandin g on my part on the use of Control.Invoke.
I don't think you can just create a control without displaying it or
adding it to something else which has a window associated with it. Use
one of your *real* controls from the UI as the synchronization object.
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
First of all thanks for all your help Jon.
I'm now passing a Control to my ReferenceListCa che and using this Control to
Invoke the appropriate method. This is working great 99% of the time.
However, it is the 1% of the time thats driving me insane. On those
occassions the delegate method is not being called. Instead, as far as I
can make out, a callback method in the BackgroundWorke r component is being
called instead (ReportCompleti on). I cannot work it out and its behaviour
is not consistent.
If you can shed any light on why this is happening that would be great. If
not, thanks again for your help.
Cheers,
Graham
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.co m> wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@msnews.micros oft.com... GM <ma*****@NOSPAM gaelquality.co. uk> wrote: I had also tried that approach, by giving my ReferenceListCa che class a
Label control as a private member. I then try to Invoke the delegate on
this Label control. But the delegate method is still not being called.
In
order to test the delegate method I did a DynamicInvoke on the delegate
instead of a Control.Invoke and the method was called. So I think the
problem must be a misunderstandin g on my part on the use of
Control.Invoke.
I don't think you can just create a control without displaying it or
adding it to something else which has a window associated with it. Use
one of your *real* controls from the UI as the synchronization object.
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
GM <ma*****@NOSPAM gaelquality.co. uk> wrote: First of all thanks for all your help Jon.
I'm now passing a Control to my ReferenceListCa che and using this Control to
Invoke the appropriate method. This is working great 99% of the time.
However, it is the 1% of the time thats driving me insane. On those
occassions the delegate method is not being called. Instead, as far as I
can make out, a callback method in the BackgroundWorke r component is being
called instead (ReportCompleti on). I cannot work it out and its behaviour
is not consistent.
If you can shed any light on why this is happening that would be great. If
not, thanks again for your help.
That sounds very odd... Could you post a short but complete program
which demonstrates the problem? (Even occasionally?)
See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/complete.html for details of
what I mean by that.
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
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Jon,
I tried to create a simple program and recreate the problem but I could not.
But I have managed to get it working although I'm not entirely sure how.
The prolem appears to be the fact that the creation of the custom control
(which fetches the 3 lists in its constructor) is done in the
InitializeCompo nent method of the form. When the creation of this custom
control is delayed (until another container control is expanded) the
delegate method is Invoked correctly each time and the lists are returned.
So I would hazard a guess that because the Window has not been created
completely, it is not receiving Windows messages correctly. But as I say,
thats only a guess.
Thanks for all your help,
Graham
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.co m> wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@msnews.micros oft.com... GM <ma*****@NOSPAM gaelquality.co. uk> wrote: First of all thanks for all your help Jon.
I'm now passing a Control to my ReferenceListCa che and using this Control
to
Invoke the appropriate method. This is working great 99% of the time.
However, it is the 1% of the time thats driving me insane. On those
occassions the delegate method is not being called. Instead, as far as I
can make out, a callback method in the BackgroundWorke r component is
being
called instead (ReportCompleti on). I cannot work it out and its
behaviour
is not consistent.
If you can shed any light on why this is happening that would be great.
If
not, thanks again for your help.
That sounds very odd... Could you post a short but complete program
which demonstrates the problem? (Even occasionally?)
See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/complete.html for details of
what I mean by that.
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
GM <ma*****@NOSPAM gaelquality.co. uk> wrote: I tried to create a simple program and recreate the problem but I could not.
But I have managed to get it working although I'm not entirely sure how.
The prolem appears to be the fact that the creation of the custom control
(which fetches the 3 lists in its constructor) is done in the
InitializeCompo nent method of the form. When the creation of this custom
control is delayed (until another container control is expanded) the
delegate method is Invoked correctly each time and the lists are returned.
So I would hazard a guess that because the Window has not been created
completely, it is not receiving Windows messages correctly. But as I say,
thats only a guess.
That would sound fairly reasonable to me, yes...
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
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