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Parallel Barcode Decoding | C#
Program.cs:
C#
using System; using System.IO; using System.Threading; using Bytescout.BarCodeReader; namespace ParallelDecoding { class Program { const string InputFile = @".\example.pdf"; // Limit to 4 threads in queue. // Set this value to number of your processor cores for max performance. private static readonly Semaphore ThreadLimiter = new Semaphore(4, 4); static void Main() { const int numberOfRuns = 10; ManualResetEvent[] doneEvents = new ManualResetEvent[numberOfRuns]; for (int i = 0; i < numberOfRuns; i++) { // Wait for the queue ThreadLimiter.WaitOne(); doneEvents[i] = new ManualResetEvent(false); ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(delegate(object state) { int threadIndex = (int) state; Console.WriteLine("Thread #" + threadIndex + " started..."); try { Reader reader = new Reader(); reader.RegistrationName = "demo"; reader.RegistrationKey = "demo"; // Set barcode type to find reader.BarcodeTypesToFind.Code128 = true; /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: We can read barcodes from specific page to increase performance. For sample please refer to "Decoding barcodes from PDF by pages" program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */ // Read barcodes FoundBarcode[] barcodes = reader.ReadFrom(InputFile); Console.WriteLine("Thread #" + threadIndex + " finished with " + barcodes.Length + " barcodes found."); // Cleanup reader.Dispose(); } catch (Exception exception) { Console.WriteLine("Thread #" + threadIndex + " failed with exception:\r\n" + exception.Message); } finally { // Signal the thread is finished doneEvents[threadIndex].Set(); // Release semaphore ThreadLimiter.Release(); } }), i); } WaitHandle.WaitAll(doneEvents); Console.WriteLine("All threads done."); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit..."); Console.ReadKey(); } } }