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

Not applicable.

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 Monitor.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework