#28 – DispatcherObject

The DispatcherObject class represents an object associated with a Dispatcher.  A dispatcher handles a queue of requests to do work on a particular thread.  It has the ability to invoke methods on its associated thread.

DispatcherObject is a base class for objects that keep track of the Dispatcher associated with the thread that they were created on.

WPF controls inherit from DispatcherObject because they need their methods called from the thread on which they were created.

DispatcherObject has two methods that help with ensuring that a control’s methods are called from the proper thread.

• CheckAccess – Check whether the current thread can call methods on the control
• VerifyAccess – If no access, throw InvalidOperationException

If a control determines that the current thread doesn’t have access, it can use its Dispatcher property (also in DispatcherObject) to call a method on the correct thread.