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MenuItemCollection::SyncRoot Property

Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the MenuItemCollection object.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
virtual property Object^ SyncRoot {
	Object^ get () sealed;
}

Property Value

Type: System::Object
An Object that can be used to synchronize access to the MenuItemCollection.

Implements

ICollection::SyncRoot

The SyncRoot property provides a synchronized version of the MenuItemCollection object that can be used with synchronizing (threading) code.

Caution noteCaution:

The IsSynchronized property of this class always returns false, which indicates that the MenuItemCollection class is not synchronized (not thread safe).

Synchronizing code must perform operations on the SyncRoot object of the MenuItemCollection collection, not directly on the MenuItemCollection object itself. This ensures proper operation of collections that are derived from other objects. Specifically, it maintains proper synchronization with other threads that might be simultaneously modifying the MenuItemCollection object.

NoteNote:

The object returned in this implementation is the ArrayList object used to store the MenuItem objects in the collection.

Enumerating through a collection is intrinsically not a thread-safe procedure. Even when a collection is synchronized, other threads could still modify the collection, causing 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.

For more information on the SyncRoot property, see the SyncRoot property of the ICollection interface.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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