Using Monitor Class
- by Mubashar Ahmad
Dear All
I would like to ask couple of Questions regarding the use of Monitor Class in .Net.
To understand the Questions please look at the following Code.
public class MyClass
{
private List<int> _MyCollection = new List<int>();
public void GetLock()
{
Monitor.Enter(_MyCollection);
}
public void ReleaseLock()
{
Monitor.Exit(_MyCollection);
}
public void UpdateCollection(/*anyparam*/)
{
//update collection without lock on collection
}
}
public class MyAppMain
{
private static MyClass myclass = new MyClass();
public static void main(args)
{
try
{
myclass.GetLock();
//an operation that does not do any update on myclass but wanted
//to ensure that the collection within myclass never update
//while its doing following opetion
//Do somthing
}
finally
{
myclass.ReleaseLock();
}
}
}
Now is this the right use of monitor and do i need to use Pulse or PulseAll to signal waiting thread and if so than should use plus before or after Exit function?
Regards
Mubashar
