ThreadWorker

using System.Threading;

namespace Swordfish {
namespace threading
{

public class ThreadWorker
{
    private volatile bool stop = false;
    private volatile bool pause = false;

    private Thread thread = null;

    public ThreadWorker()
    {
        thread = new Thread(Tick);
    }

    public void Start()
    {
        stop = false;
        pause = false;
        thread.Start();
    }

    public void Stop()
    {
        stop = true;
    }

    public void Restart()
    {
        stop = false;
        pause = false;
        thread.Abort();
        thread.Start();
    }

    public void Pause()
    {
        pause = true;
    }

    public void Unpause()
    {
        pause = false;
    }

    public void TogglePause()
    {
        pause = !pause;
    }

    public void Kill()
    {
        thread.Abort();
    }

    private void Tick()
    {
        while (stop == false)
        {
            while (pause == false)
            {
                Run();
            }

            Thread.Sleep(200);  //  Sleep when paused
        }

        //  Stopped thread safely
    }

    public virtual void Run() {}
}

}
}