Implementing Parallel Pipeline with BlockingCollection

This recipe will describe how to implement a specific scenario of a producer/consumer pattern, which is called Parallel Pipeline, using the standard BlockingCollection data structure.

Getting ready

To begin this recipe, you will need to run Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter10\Recipe2.

How to do it...

To understand how to implement Parallel Pipeline using BlockingCollection, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System;
   using System.Collections.Concurrent;
   using System.Globalization;
   using System.Linq;
   using System.Threading;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
   using static System.Console;
   using static System.Threading.Thread;

3. Add the following code snippet below the Main method:

   private const int CollectionsNumber = 4;
   private const int...