using System;

using System.Threading;

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public class Simple

{

    public static int Main()

    {

      Console.WriteLine("Thread Start/Stop/Join Sample");

      Alpha oAlpha = new Alpha();

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      // Create the thread object, passing in the Alpha.Beta method

      // via a ThreadStart delegate. This does not start the thread.

      Thread oThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(oAlpha.Beta));

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      // Start the thread

      oThread.Start();

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      // Spin for a while waiting for the started thread to become

      // alive:

      while (!oThread.IsAlive);

      // Put the Main thread to sleep for 1 millisecond to allow oThread

      // to do some work:

      Thread.Sleep(1);

      // Request that oThread be stopped

      oThread.Abort();

      // Wait until oThread finishes. Join also has overloads

      // that take a millisecond interval or a TimeSpan object.

      oThread.Join();

      Console.WriteLine();

      Console.WriteLine("Alpha.Beta has finished");

      try 

      {

         Console.WriteLine("Try to restart the Alpha.Beta thread");

         oThread.Start();

      }

      catch (ThreadStateException) 

      {

         Console.Write("ThreadStateException trying to restart Alpha.Beta. ");

         Console.WriteLine("Expected since aborted threads cannot be restarted.");

      }

      return 0;

   }

}

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    public class Alpha

    {

        // This method that will be called when the thread is started

        public void Beta()

        {

            while (true)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Alpha.Beta is running in its own thread.");

            }

        }

    };

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