CollectionBase.System.Collections.ICollection.IsSynchronized Property
Note: This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 1.1 of the .NET Framework.
Gets a value indicating whether access to the CollectionBase is synchronized (thread-safe).
Private ReadOnly Property IsSynchronized As Boolean Implements _ ICollection.IsSynchronized
[C#]
bool ICollection.IsSynchronized {get;}
[C++]
private: __property bool
System::Collections::ICollection::get_IsSynchronized();
[JScript]
private function get ICollection.IsSynchronized() : Boolean;
Property Value
true if access to the CollectionBase is synchronized (thread-safe); otherwise, false. The default is false.
Implements
Remarks
A 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 could 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.
[Visual Basic, C#] The following code example shows how to lock the collection using the SyncRoot during the entire enumeration:
CollectionBase myCollection = new CollectionBase();
lock( myCollection.SyncRoot ) {
foreach ( Object item in myCollection ) {
// Insert your code here.
}
}
[Visual Basic]
Dim myCollection As New CollectionBase()
Dim item As Object
SyncLock myCollection.SyncRoot
For Each item In myCollection
' Insert your code here.
Next item
End SyncLock
Requirements
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family
See Also
CollectionBase Class | CollectionBase Members | System.Collections Namespace | SyncRoot