Join Method (TimeSpan)

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Blocks the calling thread until a thread terminates or the specified time elapses, while continuing to perform standard COM and SendMessage pumping.

Namespace:  System.Threading
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Join ( _
    timeout As TimeSpan _
) As Boolean
public bool Join(
    TimeSpan timeout
)
public:
bool Join(
    TimeSpan timeout
)
member Join : 
        timeout:TimeSpan -> bool 
public function Join(
    timeout : TimeSpan
) : boolean

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System. . :: . .Boolean
true if the thread terminated; false if the thread has not terminated after the amount of time specified by the timeout parameter has elapsed.

Remarks

If Timeout..::..Infinite is specified for timeout, this method behaves identically to the Join()()()() method overload, except for the return value.

If the thread has already terminated when Join is called, the method returns immediately.

This method changes the state of the current thread to include WaitSleepJoin. You cannot invoke Join on a thread that is in the ThreadState..::..Unstarted state.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Thread Class

Join Overload

System.Threading Namespace