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A .NET Thread Pool fully implemented in C# with many features.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace Amib.Threading.Internal
{
	#region PriorityQueue class

	/// <summary>
	/// PriorityQueue class
	/// This class is not thread safe because we use external lock
	/// </summary>
	public sealed class PriorityQueue : IEnumerable
	{
		#region Private members

		/// <summary>
		/// The number of queues, there is one for each type of priority
		/// </summary>
		private const int _queuesCount = WorkItemPriority.Highest-WorkItemPriority.Lowest+1;

		/// <summary>
		/// Work items queues. There is one for each type of priority
		/// </summary>
        private readonly LinkedList<IHasWorkItemPriority>[] _queues = new LinkedList<IHasWorkItemPriority>[_queuesCount];

		/// <summary>
		/// The total number of work items within the queues 
		/// </summary>
		private int _workItemsCount;

		/// <summary>
		/// Use with IEnumerable interface
		/// </summary>
		private int _version;

		#endregion

		#region Contructor

		public PriorityQueue()
		{
			for(int i = 0; i < _queues.Length; ++i)
			{
                _queues[i] = new LinkedList<IHasWorkItemPriority>();
			}
		}

		#endregion

		#region Methods

		/// <summary>
		/// Enqueue a work item.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="workItem">A work item</param>
		public void Enqueue(IHasWorkItemPriority workItem)
		{
			Debug.Assert(null != workItem);

			int queueIndex = _queuesCount-(int)workItem.WorkItemPriority-1;
			Debug.Assert(queueIndex >= 0);
			Debug.Assert(queueIndex < _queuesCount);

			_queues[queueIndex].AddLast(workItem);
			++_workItemsCount;
			++_version;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Dequeque a work item.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>Returns the next work item</returns>
		public IHasWorkItemPriority Dequeue()
		{
			IHasWorkItemPriority workItem = null;

			if(_workItemsCount > 0)
			{
				int queueIndex = GetNextNonEmptyQueue(-1);
				Debug.Assert(queueIndex >= 0);
                workItem = _queues[queueIndex].First.Value;
				_queues[queueIndex].RemoveFirst();
				Debug.Assert(null != workItem);
				--_workItemsCount;
				++_version;
			}

			return workItem;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Find the next non empty queue starting at queue queueIndex+1
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="queueIndex">The index-1 to start from</param>
		/// <returns>
		/// The index of the next non empty queue or -1 if all the queues are empty
		/// </returns>
		private int GetNextNonEmptyQueue(int queueIndex)
		{
			for(int i = queueIndex+1; i < _queuesCount; ++i)
			{
				if(_queues[i].Count > 0)
				{
					return i;
				}
			}
			return -1;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// The number of work items 
		/// </summary>
		public int Count
		{
			get
			{
				return _workItemsCount;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clear all the work items 
		/// </summary>
		public void Clear()
		{
			if (_workItemsCount > 0)
			{
				foreach(LinkedList<IHasWorkItemPriority> queue in _queues)
				{
					queue.Clear();
				}
				_workItemsCount = 0;
				++_version;
			}
		}

		#endregion

		#region IEnumerable Members

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns an enumerator to iterate over the work items
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>Returns an enumerator</returns>
		public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
		{
			return new PriorityQueueEnumerator(this);
		}

		#endregion

		#region PriorityQueueEnumerator

		/// <summary>
		/// The class the implements the enumerator
		/// </summary>
		private class PriorityQueueEnumerator : IEnumerator
		{
			private readonly PriorityQueue _priorityQueue;
			private int _version;
			private int _queueIndex;
			private IEnumerator _enumerator;

			public PriorityQueueEnumerator(PriorityQueue priorityQueue)
			{
				_priorityQueue = priorityQueue;
				_version = _priorityQueue._version;
				_queueIndex = _priorityQueue.GetNextNonEmptyQueue(-1);
				if (_queueIndex >= 0)
				{
					_enumerator = _priorityQueue._queues[_queueIndex].GetEnumerator();
				}
				else
				{
					_enumerator = null;
				}
			}

			#region IEnumerator Members

			public void Reset()
			{
				_version = _priorityQueue._version;
				_queueIndex = _priorityQueue.GetNextNonEmptyQueue(-1);
				if (_queueIndex >= 0)
				{
					_enumerator = _priorityQueue._queues[_queueIndex].GetEnumerator();
				}
				else
				{
					_enumerator = null;
				}
			}

			public object Current
			{
				get
				{
					Debug.Assert(null != _enumerator);
					return _enumerator.Current;
				}
			}

			public bool MoveNext()
			{
				if (null == _enumerator)
				{
					return false;
				}

				if(_version != _priorityQueue._version)
				{
					throw new InvalidOperationException("The collection has been modified");

				}
				if (!_enumerator.MoveNext())
				{
					_queueIndex = _priorityQueue.GetNextNonEmptyQueue(_queueIndex);
					if(-1 == _queueIndex)
					{
						return false;
					}
					_enumerator = _priorityQueue._queues[_queueIndex].GetEnumerator();
					_enumerator.MoveNext();
					return true;
				}
				return true;
			}

			#endregion
		}

		#endregion
	}

	#endregion
}

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