ReaderWriterLock.IsWriterLockHeld Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Threading

Assembly:

System.Threading.dll

Source:

ReaderWriterLock.cs

Gets a value indicating whether the current thread holds the writer lock.

public:
 property bool IsWriterLockHeld { bool get(); };

public bool IsWriterLockHeld { get; }

member this.IsWriterLockHeld : bool

Public ReadOnly Property IsWriterLockHeld As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the current thread holds the writer lock; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates that when an attempt is made to acquire a reader lock on a thread that has a writer lock, ReaderWriterLock does not grant the reader lock but instead increments the lock count on the writer lock.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Threading;
int main()
{
   ReaderWriterLock^ rwLock = gcnew ReaderWriterLock;
   rwLock->AcquireWriterLock( Timeout::Infinite );
   rwLock->AcquireReaderLock( Timeout::Infinite );
   if ( rwLock->IsReaderLockHeld )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Reader lock held." );
      rwLock->ReleaseReaderLock();
   }
   else
   if ( rwLock->IsWriterLockHeld )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Writer lock held." );
      rwLock->ReleaseWriterLock();
   }
   else
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "No locks held." );
   }


   if ( rwLock->IsReaderLockHeld )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Reader lock held." );
      rwLock->ReleaseReaderLock();
   }
   else
   if ( rwLock->IsWriterLockHeld )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Writer lock held." );
      rwLock->ReleaseWriterLock();
   }
   else
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "No locks held." );
   }
}

using System;
using System.Threading;

class LockHeld
{
    static void Main()
    {
        ReaderWriterLock rwLock = new ReaderWriterLock();

        rwLock.AcquireWriterLock(Timeout.Infinite);
        rwLock.AcquireReaderLock(Timeout.Infinite);

        if(rwLock.IsReaderLockHeld)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Reader lock held.");
            rwLock.ReleaseReaderLock();
        }
        else if(rwLock.IsWriterLockHeld)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Writer lock held.");
            rwLock.ReleaseWriterLock();
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("No locks held.");
        }

        if(rwLock.IsReaderLockHeld)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Reader lock held.");
            rwLock.ReleaseReaderLock();
        }
        else if(rwLock.IsWriterLockHeld)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Writer lock held.");
            rwLock.ReleaseWriterLock();
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("No locks held.");
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Threading

Public Class LockHeld

    <MTAThread> _
    Shared Sub Main()
    
        Dim rwLock As New ReaderWriterLock()

        rwLock.AcquireWriterLock(Timeout.Infinite)
        rwLock.AcquireReaderLock(Timeout.Infinite)

        If rwLock.IsReaderLockHeld Then
            Console.WriteLine("Reader lock held.")
            rwLock.ReleaseReaderLock()
        Else If rwLock.IsWriterLockHeld Then
            Console.WriteLine("Writer lock held.")
            rwLock.ReleaseWriterLock()
        Else
            Console.WriteLine("No locks held.")
        End If

        If rwLock.IsReaderLockHeld Then
            Console.WriteLine("Reader lock held.")
            rwLock.ReleaseReaderLock()
        Else If rwLock.IsWriterLockHeld Then
            Console.WriteLine("Writer lock held.")
            rwLock.ReleaseWriterLock()
        Else
            Console.WriteLine("No locks held.")
        End If
    
    End Sub
End Class

See also

• Managed Threading
• ReaderWriterLock