Barrier Class

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class BarrierDemo
{
    // Demonstrates:
    //      Barrier constructor with post-phase action
    //      Barrier.AddParticipants()
    //      Barrier.RemoveParticipant()
    //      Barrier.SignalAndWait(), incl. a BarrierPostPhaseException being thrown
    static void BarrierSample()
    {
        int count = 0;

        // Create a barrier with three participants
        // Provide a post-phase action that will print out certain information
        // And the third time through, it will throw an exception
        Barrier barrier = new Barrier(3, (b) =>
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Post-Phase action: count={0}, phase={1}", count, b.CurrentPhaseNumber);
            if (b.CurrentPhaseNumber == 2) throw new Exception("D'oh!");
        });

        // Nope -- changed my mind.  Let's make it five participants.
        barrier.AddParticipants(2);

        // Nope -- let's settle on four participants.
        barrier.RemoveParticipant();


        // This is the logic run by all participants
        Action action = () =>
        {
            Interlocked.Increment(ref count);
            barrier.SignalAndWait(); // during the post-phase action, count should be 4 and phase should be 0
            Interlocked.Increment(ref count);
            barrier.SignalAndWait(); // during the post-phase action, count should be 8 and phase should be 1

            // The third time, SignalAndWait() will throw an exception and all participants will see it
            Interlocked.Increment(ref count);
            try
            {
                barrier.SignalAndWait();
            }
            catch (BarrierPostPhaseException bppe)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Caught BarrierPostPhaseException: {0}", bppe.Message);
            }

            // The fourth time should be hunky-dory
            Interlocked.Increment(ref count);
            barrier.SignalAndWait(); // during the post-phase action, count should be 16 and phase should be 3
        };

        // Now launch 4 parallel actions to serve as 4 participants
        Parallel.Invoke(action, action, action, action);

        // This (5 participants) would cause an exception:
        // Parallel.Invoke(action, action, action, action, action);
        //      "System.InvalidOperationException: The number of threads using the barrier
        //      exceeded the total number of registered participants."

        // It's good form to Dispose() a barrier when you're done with it.
        barrier.Dispose();

    }

}