public static void SendHttpRequest()
{
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(ThreadProc));
Console.WriteLine("Main thread does some work, then sleeps.");
// If you comment out the Sleep, the main thread exits before
// the thread pool task runs. The thread pool uses background
// threads, which do not keep the application running. (This
// is a simple example of a race condition.)
Thread.Sleep(10000);
Console.WriteLine("Main thread exits.");
}
// This thread procedure performs the task.
static void ThreadProc(Object stateInfo)
{
// send the http request
HttpWebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.CreateDefault(new Uri("http://www.sina.com.cn")) as HttpWebRequest;
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
}
