Multithreading with C# Cookbook - Second Edition

Using the ReaderWriterLockSlim construct

This recipe will describe how to create a thread-safe mechanism to read and write to a collection from multiple threads using a ReaderWriterLockSlim construct. ReaderWriterLockSlim represents a lock that is used to manage access to a resource, allowing multiple threads for reading or exclusive access for writing.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter2\Recipe8.

How to do it...

To understand how to create a thread-safe mechanism to read and write to a collection from multiple threads using the ReaderWriterLockSlim construct, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio ...