ReaderWriterLock Class | Apache log4net™ SDK Documentation

Defines a lock that supports single writers and multiple readers
Inheritance Hierarchy

System
Object
log4net.Util
ReaderWriterLock

Namespace: log4net.Util
Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 2.0.8.0-.NET 4.0
Syntax

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    public sealed class ReaderWriterLock

    Public NotInheritable Class ReaderWriterLock

    public ref class ReaderWriterLock sealed

    [<SealedAttribute>]
    type ReaderWriterLock =  class end

The ReaderWriterLock type exposes the following members.

Constructors

| Name | Description
--- | --- | ---
| ReaderWriterLock | Constructor

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Methods

| Name | Description
--- | --- | ---
| AcquireReaderLock | Acquires a reader lock
| AcquireWriterLock | Acquires the writer lock
| Equals | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (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.)
| ReleaseReaderLock | Decrements the lock count
| ReleaseWriterLock | Decrements the lock count on the writer lock
| ToString | Returns a String that represents the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

ReaderWriterLock is used to synchronize access to a resource. At any given time, it allows either concurrent read access for multiple threads, or write access for a single thread. In a situation where a resource is changed infrequently, a ReaderWriterLock provides better throughput than a simple one-at-a-time lock, such as Monitor.

If a platform does not support a System.Threading.ReaderWriterLock implementation then all readers and writers are serialized. Therefore the caller must not rely on multiple simultaneous readers.

See Also

#### Reference

log4net.Util Namespace