| SpinLock Class |
Inheritance HierarchyNamespace: VirtualRadar.Interface
Assembly: VirtualRadar.Interface (in VirtualRadar.Interface.dll) Version: 1.0.0.0 (1.0.0.0)
SyntaxThe SpinLock type exposes the following members.
ConstructorsMethods| Name | Description | |
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 | AcquireLock |
Locks the SpinLock and returns an object that unlocks the SpinLock when it is disposed.
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| Equals | (Inherited from Object.) |
 | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Lock |
Acquires the lock on the SpinLock, blocking indefinitely until it manages to acquire the lock. Ensure that Unlock is always
called after Lock has returned.
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| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Unlock |
Releases the lock on the SpinLock. This will unlock the SpinLock even if Lock was never called - only call this after Lock
has returned.
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RemarksYou can create one of these objects to share amongst all of your threads and then call Lock to acquire a lock. If the object is already locked then the thread will spin until the lock can be acquired. Every call to Lockmust be paired with a call to Unlock, otherwise the lock remains held forever and every other thread will block.
A child class, SpinLockAcquire, exists to wrap the Lock and Unlock within a using statement, ensuring that the lock and unlock operations are always paired but at the expense of creating an object for it.
Unlike the traditional C# lock call a thread can lock itself if it calls Lock twice - care must be taken to avoid double-locks. What you gain in speed you lose in convenience.
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