ReaderWriterLock::ReleaseLock Method ()

// 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;

// Shows how to release all locks and later restore
// the lock state. Shows how to use sequence numbers
// to determine whether another thread has obtained
// a writer lock since this thread last accessed the
// resource.
static void ReleaseRestore( int timeOut )
{
   int lastWriter;
   try
   {
      rwl->AcquireReaderLock( timeOut );
      try
      {

         // It is safe for this thread to read from
         // the shared resource. Cache the value. (You
         // might do this if reading the resource is
         // an expensive operation.)
         int resourceValue = resource;
         Display( String::Format( "reads resource value {0}", resourceValue ) );
         Interlocked::Increment( reads );

         // Save the current writer sequence number.
         lastWriter = rwl->WriterSeqNum;

         // Release the lock, and save a cookie so the
         // lock can be restored later.
         LockCookie lc = rwl->ReleaseLock();

         // Wait for a random interval (up to a 
         // quarter of a second), and then restore
         // the previous state of the lock. Note that
         // there is no timeout on the Restore method.
         Thread::Sleep( rnd->Next( 250 ) );
         rwl->RestoreLock( lc );

         // Check whether other threads obtained the
         // writer lock in the interval. If not, then
         // the cached value of the resource is still
         // valid.
         if ( rwl->AnyWritersSince( lastWriter ) )
         {
            resourceValue = resource;
            Interlocked::Increment( reads );
            Display( String::Format( "resource has changed {0}", resourceValue ) );
         }
         else
         {
            Display( String::Format( "resource has not changed {0}", resourceValue ) );
         }
      }
      finally
      {

         // Ensure that the lock is released.
         rwl->ReleaseReaderLock();
      }

   }
   catch ( ApplicationException^ ) 
   {

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

}

};