Give ThreadQueue threads an identifiable name to make understanding thread profiler easier

Author: PeterVermont

DaySim.Framework/Persistence/ThreadQueue.cs

@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@ public sealed class ThreadQueue {
         private readonly Queue<ISavable> _queue = new Queue<ISavable>();
         private Thread _thread;
         private bool _shutdown;
+  
+        public ThreadQueue(string threadQueueThreadName) {
+            if (_thread != null) {
+                throw new Exception("ThreadQueue already running.");
+            }
 
-        public ThreadQueue() {
-            Start();
-        }
+            _thread = new Thread(BeginSave);
+            _thread.Name = threadQueueThreadName;
+            _thread.Start();
+         }
 
         public bool IsRunning {
             get { return _thread != null; }
@@ -44,15 +50,6 @@ public void Shutdown() {
             }
         }
 
-        public void Start() {
-            if (_thread != null) {
-                throw new Exception("ThreadQueue already running.");
-            }
-
-            _thread = new Thread(BeginSave);
-            _thread.Start();
-        }
-
         public void Stop() {
             if (_thread == null) {
                 throw (new Exception("ThreadQueue already stopped."));

DaySim/ChoiceModels/ChoiceModelFactory.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
 
 namespace DaySim.ChoiceModels {
     public static class ChoiceModelFactory {
@@ -256,7 +257,8 @@ public static void Initialize(string name, bool loadData = true) {
             _type = helper.ChoiceModelRunner.GetChoiceModelRunnerType();
 
             if (!Global.Configuration.IsInEstimationMode || Global.Configuration.ShouldOutputStandardFilesInEstimationMode) {
-                ThreadQueue = new ThreadQueue();
+                string threadQueueThreadName = Thread.CurrentThread.Name + "_" + _type.ToString();
+                ThreadQueue = new ThreadQueue(threadQueueThreadName);
             }
 
             //ExporterFactory = Global.Kernel.GetInstance<ExporterFactory>();