Passing Parameter to Thread

Problem
Threads in .NET must start a functions which is void() (return no values and gets no parameters). But what if we want to pass parameters to the thread?

Solution
The parameter will be stored as a private member of the class:
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public class MyClass{
   public void DoSomething()
   {
      Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(DoSomethingInThread));
      _parameterForThread = 5;
      t.Start();
   }
   private int _parameterForThread = -1;
   private void DoSomethingInThread()
   {
      _parameterForThread ++;
   }
}

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Alternative Solution

This is not so elegant, because we need to store local data in a member (which does not necessary represent the class's state).
So to take the concept one step further, we can put all the relevant code in another class:
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public class MyThread
{
   public MyThread(int parameterForThread )
   {
      _parameterForThread = parameterForThread ;
   }

   private int _parameterForThread = -1;
   public void DoSomethingInThread()
   {
      _parameterForThread ++;
   }
}

public class MyClass
{
   public void DoSomething()
   {
      MyThread mt = new MyThread(5);
      Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(mt.DoSomethingInThread));
      t.Start();
   }
}

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