﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="ThreadNotify" FullName="Gtk.ThreadNotify"><TypeSignature Language="C#" Maintainer="auto" Value="public class ThreadNotify : IDisposable" /><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyName>gtk-sharp</AssemblyName><AssemblyPublicKey></AssemblyPublicKey><AssemblyVersion>2.12.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ThreadSafetyStatement>Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the <link location="node:gtk-sharp/programming/threads">Gtk# Thread Programming</link> for details.</ThreadSafetyStatement><Docs><summary>Multi-threaded integration with Gtk support.</summary><remarks><para>
         You should consider using <see cref="M:Gtk.Application.Invoke" /> instead of this class as it
	 provides a simpler interface. 
      </para><para>The ThreadNotify class is used to invoke methods in the Gtk+ thread.  Since Gtk is not a thread-safe toolkit, only a single thread at a time might be making calls into Gtk.</para><para>Typically applications will be executing the main Gtk+ main loop and when threads are done processing work, they invoke <see cref="M:Gtk.ThreadNotify.WakeupMain()" /> to invoke a method on the main Gtk+ thread.</para><example><code lang="C#">
using Gtk;

class Demo {

  static ThreadNotify notify;

  static void Main ()
  {
    Application.Init ();
    notify = new ThreadNotify (new ReadyEvent (ready));
    Application.Run ();
  }

  static void ready ()
  {
    // Update the GUI with computation values.
  }

  static void ThreadRoutine ()
  {
	LargeComputation ();
        notify.WakeupMain ();
  }

  static void LargeComputation ()
  {
    // lots of processing here
  }
}
  </code></example></remarks></Docs><Base><BaseTypeName>System.Object</BaseTypeName></Base><Interfaces><Interface><InterfaceName>System.IDisposable</InterfaceName></Interface></Interfaces><Members><Member MemberName="WakeupMain"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public void WakeupMain ();" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters /><Docs><summary>Wakeup the main thread, and invoke delegate.</summary><remarks>This methods wakes up the Gtk+ main thread and executes the delegate that was specified at construction time in the Gtk+ thread.   </remarks></Docs></Member><Member MemberName=".ctor"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public ThreadNotify (Gtk.ReadyEvent re);" /><MemberType>Constructor</MemberType><ReturnValue /><Parameters><Parameter Name="re" Type="Gtk.ReadyEvent" /></Parameters><Docs><summary>ThreadNotify constructor</summary><param name="re">A ReadyEvent delegate.</param><remarks>The method referenced by the delegate will be invoked on the Gtk+ mainloop whenever any thread invokes the <see cref="M:Gtk.ThreadNotify.WakeupMain ()" /> method.</remarks></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Close"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public void Close ();" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters /><Docs><summary>To be added</summary><remarks /></Docs></Member><Member MemberName="Dispose"><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="protected virtual void Dispose (bool disposing);" /><MemberType>Method</MemberType><ReturnValue><ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType></ReturnValue><Parameters><Parameter Name="disposing" Type="System.Boolean" /></Parameters><Docs><summary>To be added</summary><param name="disposing">a <see cref="T:System.Boolean" /></param><remarks /></Docs></Member></Members></Type>