ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Document.TextDocument.SetOwnerThread C# (CSharp) Method

        public void SetOwnerThread(Thread newOwner)
        {
            // We need to lock here to ensure that in the null owner case,
            // only one thread succeeds in taking ownership.
            lock (lockObject) {
                if (owner != null) {
                    VerifyAccess();
                }
                owner = newOwner;
            }
        }

		/// <summary>
		/// Prepares the TextDocument.
		/// This method may be called by the background thread writing to the output.
		/// Once the document is prepared, it can no longer be written to.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// Calling this method on the background thread ensures the TextDocument's line tokenization
		/// runs in the background and does not block the GUI.
		/// </remarks>
		public void PrepareDocument() {
			if (textDocument == null) {
				textDocument = new TextDocument(b.ToString());
				textDocument.SetOwnerThread(null); // release ownership
			}
		}