====== Sample of a Bean ======

===== Source Code =====

Here is a sample code of a component in C# (save this to a file called Your_CSharpBean_Name.cs) :

<code csharp>
using System;
using System.Threading; // For the thread demo purposes
using WComp.Beans;

namespace WComp.Beans
{
	/// <summary>
	/// This is a sample bean, using a thread, which has an integer evented property and a method 
        ///     to start the thread.
	/// 
	/// Notes: this bean uses the IThreadCreator interface providing a cleanup method named `Stop()'.
	/// Several classes can be defined or used by a Bean, but only the class with the
	/// [Bean] attribute will be available in WComp. Its ports will be all public methods,
	///     events and properties definied in that class.
	/// </summary>
	[Bean(Category="MyCategory")]
	public class BeanThread1 : IThreadCreator {
		private Thread t;	  // Private attributes of the class
		private volatile bool run = false;
		private int sleepVal = 1000;
		private volatile int eventValue;
 
		public BeanThread1() {
			// Put here your init instructions
			eventValue = 10;
		}
 
		public void Start() {  // method starting the thread
			if (!run) {
				run = true;
				t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(ThreadLoopMethod));
				t.Start();
			} 
		}
		public void Stop() {   // IThreadCreator defines the Stop() method
			run = false;
		} 
 
		 // Loop sample
		 public void ThreadLoopMethod() {
			 while(run) {
				 Thread.Sleep(sleepVal);
				 // Check if the output is connected
				 if(Output_Sample != null)
					 // call the connected methods sequentially
					 Output_Sample(eventValue);
				// and so on...
			 }
		}
 
		// --- Start: Input port sample ---
		// an input port is a public method (like below)
		public void Input_Sample(int intParam) {
			eventValue = intParam;
			// No return value is expected in WComp:
			// results are given using events
		}
		// --- End: Input port sample ---
 
		// --- Start: Output port sample ---
		public delegate void Output_Sample_Signature(int val);
		// The delegate defines the signature of the output method
		public event Output_Sample_Signature Output_Sample;
		// The output port is the event, named here Output_Sample
		// --- End: Output port sample ---
	}
}

</code>

===== Compilation =====

Here is a sample of the command line compilation:
<code>
csc.exe /target:library /r:Beans.dll Sample_Component.cs
</code>

You will find Beans.dll in the SharpWComp distrib.