I want two threads to be working with one queue. First thread should be called every 2 seconds, and the second thread - every 3 seconds. Both threads should start at the same time. I have a problem when accessing first element of the queue. Both threads take the element with index 0. Sometimes it happens with other elements of the queue, not only with the first element. I have such an output on Console:
- Item 0 processed by 1 Time: 3:27:8
- Item 0 processed by 2 Time: 3:27:8
- Item 2 processed by 1 Time: 3:27:10
- Item 3 processed by 2 Time: 3:27:11
- Item 4 processed by 1 Time: 3:27:12
and so on..
Here is the code I use:
ConcurrentQueue<int> sharedQueue = new ConcurrentQueue<int>();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
sharedQueue.Enqueue(i);
}
int itemCount= 0;
Task[] tasks = new Task[2];
for (int i = 0; i < tasks.Length; i++)
{
// create the new task
tasks[i] = new Task(() =>
{
while (sharedQueue.Count > 0)
{
// define a variable for the dequeue requests
int queueElement;
// take an item from the queue
bool gotElement = sharedQueue.TryDequeue(out queueElement);
// increment the count of items processed
if (gotElement)
{
DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
Console.WriteLine("Item " + itemCount + "processed by "
+ Task.CurrentId + " Time: " + dt.Hour + ":" + dt.Minute + ":" + dt.Second);
Interlocked.Increment(ref itemCount);
if (Task.CurrentId == 1)
Thread.Sleep(2000);
else
Thread.Sleep(3000);
}
}
});
// start the new task
tasks[i].Start();
}
// wait for the tasks to complete
Task.WaitAll(tasks);
// report on the number of items processed
Console.WriteLine("Items processed: {0}", itemCount);
// wait for input before exiting
Console.WriteLine("Press enter to finish");
Console.ReadLine();
}