Active State Machine Example

Example Implementation of the Active State Machine pattern in .NET.

An Active State Machine is a state machine that performs transitions on a different thread as the code calling the state machine. This allows for multiple threads calling it via a synchronization queue.

Implementation Notes

• This implementation takes use of the Task Parallel Library (TPL) to allow input from multiple threads.
• The state machine handles messages internally using Reactive Extensions (Rx).
• Fody is used for Aspects
• NLog is used for logging

References

1. How to: Implement a Producer-Consumer Dataflow Pattern