' The complete code is located in the ReaderWriterLock
' class topic.
Imports System
Imports System.Threading
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Public Class Test
    ' Declaring the ReaderWriterLock at the class level
    ' makes it visible to all threads.
    Private Shared rwl As New ReaderWriterLock()
    ' For this example, the shared resource protected by the
    ' ReaderWriterLock is just an integer.
    Private Shared resource As Integer = 0
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</span>    ' Shows how to request and release a reader lock, and
    ' how to handle time-outs.
    Shared Sub ReadFromResource(timeOut As Integer)
        Try
            rwl.AcquireReaderLock(timeOut)
            Try
                ' It is safe for this thread to read from
                ' the shared resource.
                Display("reads resource value " & resource)
                Interlocked.Increment(reads)
            Finally 
                ' Ensure that the lock is released.
                rwl.ReleaseReaderLock()
            End Try
        Catch ex As ApplicationException
            ' The reader lock request timed out.
            Interlocked.Increment(readerTimeouts)
        End Try
    End Sub 'ReadFromResource
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</span>End Class 'Test 

// The complete code is located in the ReaderWriterLock
// class topic.
using System;
using System.Threading;

public class Test
{
    // Declaring the ReaderWriterLock at the class level
    // makes it visible to all threads.
    static ReaderWriterLock rwl = new ReaderWriterLock();
    // For this example, the shared resource protected by the
    // ReaderWriterLock is just an integer.
    static int resource = 0;
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</span>    // Shows how to request and release a reader lock, and
    // how to handle time-outs.
    static void ReadFromResource(int timeOut)
    {
        try
        {
            rwl.AcquireReaderLock(timeOut);
            try
            {
                // It is safe for this thread to read from
                // the shared resource.
                Display("reads resource value " + resource); 
                Interlocked.Increment(ref reads);
            }        
            finally
            {
                // Ensure that the lock is released.
                rwl.ReleaseReaderLock();
            }
        }
        catch (ApplicationException)
        {
            // The reader lock request timed out.
            Interlocked.Increment(ref readerTimeouts);
        }
    }
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</span>}

// The complete code is located in the ReaderWriterLock
// class topic.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Threading;
public ref class Test
{
public:

   // Declaring the ReaderWriterLock at the class level
   // makes it visible to all threads.
   static ReaderWriterLock^ rwl = gcnew ReaderWriterLock;

   // For this example, the shared resource protected by the
   // ReaderWriterLock is just an integer.
   static int resource = 0;

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</span>   // Shows how to request and release a reader lock, and
   // how to handle time-outs.
   static void ReadFromResource( int timeOut )
   {
      try
      {
         rwl->AcquireReaderLock( timeOut );
         try
         {
            
            // It is safe for this thread to read from
            // the shared resource.
            Display( String::Format( "reads resource value {0}", resource ) );
            Interlocked::Increment( reads );
         }
         finally
         {
            
            // Ensure that the lock is released.
            rwl->ReleaseReaderLock();
         }

      }
      catch ( ApplicationException^ ) 
      {
         
         // The reader lock request timed out.
         Interlocked::Increment( readerTimeouts );
      }

   }


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</span>};

// The complete code is located in the ReaderWriterLock
// class topic.
import System.*;
import System.Threading.*;
import System.Threading.Thread;    

public class Test
{
    // Declaring the ReaderWriterLock at the class level
    // makes it visible to all threads.
    private static ReaderWriterLock rwl = new ReaderWriterLock();

    // For this example, the shared resource protected by the
    // ReaderWriterLock is just an integer.
    private static int resource = 0;
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</span>    // Shows how to request and release a reader lock, and
    // how to handle time-outs.
    static void ReadFromResource(int timeOut)
    {
        try {
            rwl.AcquireReaderLock(timeOut);
            try {
                // It is safe for this thread to read from
                // the shared resource.
                Display(("reads resource value " + resource));
                Interlocked.Increment(reads);
            }
            finally {
                // Ensure that the lock is released.
                rwl.ReleaseReaderLock();
            }
        }
        catch (ApplicationException exp) {
            // The reader lock request timed out.
            Interlocked.Increment(readerTimeouts);
        }
    } //ReadFromResource
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</span>}