using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Threading; namespace WinAlfred { public static class DispatcherExtensions { private static Dictionary timers = new Dictionary(); private static readonly object syncRoot = new object(); public static string DelayInvoke(this Dispatcher dispatcher, string namedInvocation, Action action, TimeSpan delay, DispatcherPriority priority = DispatcherPriority.Normal) { lock (syncRoot) { if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(namedInvocation)) { namedInvocation = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(); } else { RemoveTimer(namedInvocation); } var timer = new DispatcherTimer(delay, priority, (s, e) => { RemoveTimer(namedInvocation); action(); }, dispatcher); timer.Start(); timers.Add(namedInvocation, timer); return namedInvocation; } } public static void CancelNamedInvocation(this Dispatcher dispatcher, string namedInvocation) { lock (syncRoot) { RemoveTimer(namedInvocation); } } private static void RemoveTimer(string namedInvocation) { if (!timers.ContainsKey(namedInvocation)) return; timers[namedInvocation].Stop(); timers.Remove(namedInvocation); } } }