CollectionBase::ICollection::IsSynchronized Property
Gets a value indicating whether access to the CollectionBase is synchronized (thread safe).
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
private: virtual property bool IsSynchronized { bool get () sealed = ICollection::IsSynchronized::get; }
Property Value
Type: System::Booleantrue if access to the CollectionBase is synchronized (thread safe); otherwise, false. The default is false.
Implements
ICollection::IsSynchronizedA CollectionBase instance is not synchronized. Derived classes can provide a synchronized version of the CollectionBase using the SyncRoot property.
Enumerating through a collection is intrinsically not a thread safe procedure. Even when a collection is synchronized, other threads can still modify the collection, which causes the enumerator to throw an exception. To guarantee thread safety during enumeration, you can either lock the collection during the entire enumeration or catch the exceptions resulting from changes made by other threads.
The following code example shows how to lock the collection using the SyncRoot during the entire enumeration:
// Get the ICollection interface from the CollectionBase // derived class. ICollection^ myCollection = myCollectionBase; bool lockTaken = false; try { Monitor::Enter(myCollection->SyncRoot, lockTaken); for each (Object^ item in myCollection); { // Insert your code here. } } finally { if (lockTaken) { Monitor::Exit(myCollection->SyncRoot); } }
Retrieving the value of this property is an O(1) operation.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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