README.md SpicyPixelConcurrencyKit =========================== [DownloaditnowintheUnityAssetStore](http://u3d.as/content/spicy-pixel/spicy-pixel-concurrency-kit)|[GettheSourceCodeonGitHub](https://github.com/spicypixel/concurrency-kit-cs) TheConcurrencyKitisa.NET/Monokitthatincludesaportofthe[TaskParallelLibrary](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460717.aspx)andextendsittosupport[Fibers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_(computer_science)),[Coroutines](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroutine),and[Unity](http://unity3d.com/).Fibersallowcodepathstoexecuteconcurrentlyusingasinglethreadbyleveragingtheco-operativeyieldingbehaviorofcoroutines. ```{.cs} //Starttask1 vart1=Task.Factory.StartNew(()=>PatHead()); //Starttask2 vart2=Task.Factory.StartNew(()=>RubTummy()); //Thistaskwillcompletewhent1andt2completeand //thenitwillcontinuebyexecutingahappydance. Task.WhenAll(t1,t2).ContinueWith(t3=>HappyDance()); ``` Becausecodewritteninthismannerisdesignedwithconcurrencyinmind,taskscanruninparallelacrossmultiplethreadsorasconcurrentfibersonasinglethreadbychangingoutthetaskscheduler.Thisflexibilitymakesiteasytowriteandmaintainportableasynchronouscodethatscales. Interoperability ---------------- Usethefeaturerich**asynchronoustaskmodel**inyourdesigns. ```{.cs} publicclassHttpClient{ publicTask<HttpResponseMessage>GetAsync( stringrequestUri); publicTask<HttpResponseMessage>PostAsync( stringrequestUri, HttpContentcontent); } ``` Usability --------- *Startabackgroundtaskusingthethreadpooland**completetheoperationonthemainthread** *Declarativelyscheduleworkflowswith**chainedasynchronoustasks**and**anonymousdelegates** ```{.cs} Task.Factory.StartNew(()=>DoSomethingFromThreadPool()). ContinueWith(lastTask=>DoSomethingFromMainThread(), mainThreadScheduler); ``` ***Coordinate**betweenconcurrentlyexecutingtasks ```{.cs} Task.Factory.ContinueWhenAny(tasksToRun, winner=>print("Thewinneris:"+winner)); ``` *Easily**canceltasks**inprogress ```{.cs} CancellationTokenSourcetokenSource=newCancellationTokenSource(); voidStart() { Task.Factory.StartNew(()=>DoSomething(),tokenSource.Token); } voidOnClick() { tokenSource.Cancel(); } ``` Performance ----------- *Leverage**multipleCPUcores**formaximumthroughput *Maximizeindividualthreadusagewith**co-operativemultitasking**andtaskinlining ***Controlhowtasksarescheduled**andthelevelofconcurrency Productivity ------------ *Writemore**maintainable**,more**performant**asynchronouscode LearnMore ---------- Learnmorebyreadingthe[ConceptualDocumentation](Docs/overview.md)or[APIReference](http://spicypixel.com/developer/concurrency-kit/api-reference/). See[BuildingtheKit](Docs/build.md)forinformationoncompiling. --- Copyright(c)2012-2014[SpicyPixel,Inc.](http://spicypixel.com)