Unity多线程（Thread）和主线程（MainThread）交互使用类——Loom工具分享

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Unity多线程（Thread）和主线程（MainThread）交互使用类——Loom工具分享

By D.S.Qiu

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熟悉Unity的developer都知道在Unity中的线程不能使用Unity的对象，但可以使用Unity的值类型变量，如Vector3等。这样就使得线程在Unity中显的很鸡肋和蹩脚，因为很多函数很都是UnityEngine类或函数的调用的，对于哪些是可以在多线程使用，风雨冲进行了如下总结：

0. 变量(都能指向相同的内存地址)都是共享的

1. 不是UnityEngine的API能在分线程运行

2. UnityEngine定义的基本结构(int,float,Struct定义的数据类型)可以在分线程计算，如 Vector3(Struct)可以，但Texture2d(class,根父类为Object)不可以。

3. UnityEngine定义的基本类型的函数可以在分线程运行，如

int i = 99;

print (i.ToString());

Vector3 x = new Vector3(0,0,9);

x.Normalize();

类的函数不能在分线程运行

obj.name

实际是get_name函数，分线程报错误:get_name can only be called from the main thread.

Texture2D tt = new Texture2D(10,10);

实际会调用UnityEngine里的Internal_Create，分线程报错误:Internal_Create can only be called from the main thread.

其他transform.position，Texture.Apply()等等都不能在分线程里运行。

结论: 分线程可以做基本类型的计算，以及非Unity(包括.Net及SDK)的API。

D.S.Qiu觉得Unity做了这个限制，主要是Unity的函数执行机制是帧序列调用，甚至连Unity的协程Coroutine的执行机制都是确定的，如果可以使用多线程访问UnityEngine的对象和api就得考虑同步问题了，也就是说Unity其实根本没有多线程的机制，协程只是达到一个延时或者是当指定条件满足是才继续执行的机制。

我们的项目目前还有没有比较耗时的计算，所以还没有看到Thread的使用。本来一直没有太考虑着方面的事情，直到在UnityGems.com看到Loom这个类，叹为观止呀。直接贴出人家的介绍（没必要翻译了）：

Threads on a Loom

Our class is called Loom. Loom lets you easily run code on another thread and have that other thread run code on the main game thread when it needs to.

There are only two functions to worry about:

RunAsync(Action) which runs a set of statements on another thread
QueueOnMainThread(Action, [optional] float time) - which runs a set of statements on the main thread (with an optional delay).

You access Loom using Loom.Current - it deals with creating an invisible game object to interact with the games main thread.

我们只需要关系两个函数：RunAsync(Action)和QueueOnMainThread(Action, [optional] float time) 就可以轻松实现一个函数的两段代码在C#线程和Unity的主线程中交叉运行。原理也很简单：用线程池去运行RunAsync(Action)的函数，在Update中运行QueueOnMainThread(Acition, [optional] float time)传入的函数。

直接贴出源码，供拜读：

C#代码

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Linq;
public class Loom : MonoBehaviour
{
public static int maxThreads = 8;
static int numThreads;
private static Loom _current;
private int _count;
public static Loom Current
{
get
{
Initialize();
return _current;
}
}
void Awake()
{
_current = this;
initialized = true;
}
static bool initialized;
static void Initialize()
{
if (!initialized)
{
if(!Application.isPlaying)
return;
initialized = true;
var g = new GameObject("Loom");
_current = g.AddComponent<Loom>();
}
}
private List<Action> _actions = new List<Action>();
public struct DelayedQueueItem
{
public float time;
public Action action;
}
private List<DelayedQueueItem> _delayed = new List<DelayedQueueItem>();
List<DelayedQueueItem> _currentDelayed = new List<DelayedQueueItem>();
public static void QueueOnMainThread(Action action)
{
QueueOnMainThread( action, 0f);
}
public static void QueueOnMainThread(Action action, float time)
{
if(time != 0)
{
lock(Current._delayed)
{
Current._delayed.Add(new DelayedQueueItem { time = Time.time + time, action = action});
}
}
else
{
lock (Current._actions)
{
Current._actions.Add(action);
}
}
}
public static Thread RunAsync(Action a)
{
Initialize();
while(numThreads >= maxThreads)
{
Thread.Sleep(1);
}
Interlocked.Increment(ref numThreads);
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(RunAction, a);
return null;
}
private static void RunAction(object action)
{
try
{
((Action)action)();
}
catch
{
}
finally
{
Interlocked.Decrement(ref numThreads);
}
}
void OnDisable()
{
if (_current == this)
{
_current = null;
}
}
// Use this for initialization
void Start()
{
}
List<Action> _currentActions = new List<Action>();
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
lock (_actions)
{
_currentActions.Clear();
_currentActions.AddRange(_actions);
_actions.Clear();
}
foreach(var a in _currentActions)
{
a();
}
lock(_delayed)
{
_currentDelayed.Clear();
_currentDelayed.AddRange(_delayed.Where(d=>d.time <= Time.time));
foreach(var item in _currentDelayed)
_delayed.Remove(item);
}
foreach(var delayed in _currentDelayed)
{
delayed.action();
}
}
}