Monitor.TryEnter Method (Object, TimeSpan)

public static bool TryEnter (
	Object obj,
	TimeSpan timeout
)

public static boolean TryEnter (
	Object obj, 
	TimeSpan timeout
)

public static function TryEnter (
	obj : Object, 
	timeout : TimeSpan
) : boolean

Parameters

obj

The object on which to acquire the lock.

timeout

A TimeSpan representing the amount of time to wait for the lock. A value of –1 millisecond specifies an infinite wait.

Return Value

If the value of the timeout parameter converted to milliseconds equals –1, this method is equivalent to Enter. If the value of timeout equals 0, this method is equivalent to TryEnter.

Note
Use Monitor to lock objects (that is, reference types), not value types. For details, see Enter and the conceptual topic Monitors.

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