How would you simply Monitor.TryEnter
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05-07-2019 - |
Question
I'm trying to make things simpler. Here is my code:
If Threading.Monitor.TryEnter(syncRoot) Then
Try
'do something
Finally
Threading.Monitor.Exit(syncRoot)
End Try
Else
'do something else
End If
This is even worse than the ReaderWriterLock in terms of noise. I can use C# or VB, so answers applying to either will be welcome.
Solution
Use a delegate?
E.g.
public bool TryEnter(object lockObject, Action work)
{
if (Monitor.TryEnter(lockObject))
{
try
{
work();
}
finally
{
Monitor.Exit(lockObject);
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
OTHER TIPS
This is very similar to your last post, and I would expect a similar answer. The only significant difference is that you might return "null" from your method if the timeout fails - then the "Dispose()" is not called, and you can easily check the value:
using(var token = GetLock(syncLock, timeout)) {
if(token != null) { ... }
}
The only real glitch is that you don't necessarily want to add an extension method to "object" (or even "T where T : class")...
Jon Skeet has looked at this in the past - worth a look.
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