How to create a thread/Task with a continuous loop?

Question

I am looking for the correct way/structure to create a loop in a Thread/Task...

The reason for this is, i need to check the DB every 15sec for report requests.

This is what i tried so far, but i get OutOfMemoryException:

    private void ViewBase_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    //On my main view loaded start thread to check report requests.
    Task.Factory.StartNew(() => CreateAndStartReportRequestTask());
}

private void CreateAndStartReportRequestTask()
{
    bool noRequest = false;

    do
    {
         //Starting thread to Check Report Requests And Generate Reports
         //Also need the ability to Wait/Sleep when there are noRequest.
         reportRequestTask = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => noRequest = CheckReportRequestsAndGenerateReports());

         if (noRequest)
         {
             //Sleep 15sec
             reportRequestTask.Wait(15000);
             reportRequestTask = null;
         }
         else
         {
             if (reportRequestTask.IsCompleted)
             {
                 reportRequestTask = null;
             }
             else
             {
                 //Don't want the loop to continue until the first request is done
                 //Reason for this is, losts of new threads being create in CheckReportRequestsAndGenerateReports()
                 //Looping until first request is done.
                 do
                 {

                 } while (!reportRequestTask.IsCompleted);

                 reportRequestTask = null;
             }
         }

    } while (true);
}

private bool CheckReportRequestsAndGenerateReports()
{
    var possibleReportRequest = //Some linq query to check for new requests

    if (possibleReportRequest != null)
    {
        //Processing report here - lots of new threads/task in here as well
        return false;
    }
    else
    {
        return true;
    }
}

What am i doing wrong?

Is this correct way or am i total off?

EDIT:

Most important, my UI must still be responsive!

Answer 1

Something like this would work:

var cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
var task = Repeat.Interval(
        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15),
        () => CheckDatabaseForNewReports(), cancellationTokenSource.Token);

The Repeat class looks like this:

internal static class Repeat
{
    public static Task Interval(
        TimeSpan pollInterval,
        Action action,
        CancellationToken token)
    {
        // We don't use Observable.Interval:
        // If we block, the values start bunching up behind each other.
        return Task.Factory.StartNew(
            () =>
            {
                for (;;)
                {
                    if (token.WaitCancellationRequested(pollInterval))
                        break;

                    action();
                }
            }, token, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning, TaskScheduler.Default);
    }
}

static class CancellationTokenExtensions
{
    public static bool WaitCancellationRequested(
        this CancellationToken token,
        TimeSpan timeout)
    {
        return token.WaitHandle.WaitOne(timeout);
    }
}