blah blah blah is here! blah blah » Close

0
csharploop
497
253 views

How to perform a lock programatically?

up1down
link

I need to make a API call, but I want to wrap the call in a (C#) lock.

What options do I have to wrap some logic in a lock to make it thread safe?

Is it possible to mark a particular class or method as serializable also?

c# lock
  • asked 2 years ago
add comment
last answered 2 years ago

1 answers

Sort:
up1down
tick
link

This is a typical pattern for locking some 'critical code' in C# so that it can only be accessed by one thread at a time.

class MyClass
{
    static object padlock = new object();

    public void SomeMethod()
    {
        lock(padlock)
        {
          // make API call
        }
        // other code (if any)
    }

    // other members
}

You can make the class binary serializable by decorating it with the [Serializable] attribute. However, it wouldn't make sense to apply this attribute to methods as it's the class's fields which are serializable, not local variables.

add comment
Feedback