ThreadState Enum
Definition
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Specifies the current execution state of the thread.
public enum class ThreadStatepublic enum ThreadStatetype ThreadState = Public Enum ThreadState- Inheritance
Fields
| Initialized | 0 | A state that indicates the thread has been initialized, but has not yet started. |
| Ready | 1 | A state that indicates the thread is waiting to use a processor because no processor is free. The thread is prepared to run on the next available processor. |
| Running | 2 | A state that indicates the thread is currently using a processor. |
| Standby | 3 | A state that indicates the thread is about to use a processor. Only one thread can be in this state at a time. |
| Terminated | 4 | A state that indicates the thread has finished executing and has exited. |
| Wait | 5 | A state that indicates the thread is not ready to use the processor because it is waiting for a peripheral operation to complete or a resource to become free. When the thread is ready, it will be rescheduled. |
| Transition | 6 | A state that indicates the thread is waiting for a resource, other than the processor, before it can execute. For example, it might be waiting for its execution stack to be paged in from disk. |
| Unknown | 7 | The state of the thread is unknown. |
Remarks
Important
There are two thread state enumerations, System.Diagnostics.ThreadState and System.Threading.ThreadState. The thread state enumerations are only of interest in a few debugging scenarios. Your code should never use thread state to synchronize the activities of threads.
