SortedDictionary(Of TKey, TValue).ICollection.SyncRoot Property
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Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the ICollection.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.ObjectAn object that can be used to synchronize access to the ICollection.
Implements
ICollection.SyncRootDefault implementations of collections in the System.Collections.Generic namespace are not synchronized.
Enumerating through a collection is intrinsically not a thread-safe procedure. To guarantee thread safety during enumeration, you can lock the collection during the entire enumeration. To allow the collection to be accessed by multiple threads for reading and writing, you must implement your own synchronization.
The ICollection.SyncRoot property returns an object that can be used to synchronize access to the ICollection. Synchronization is effective only if all threads lock the object before accessing the collection. The following code shows the use of the SyncRoot property for C#, C++, and Visual Basic.
Getting the value of this property is an O(1) operation.