public sealed class ReaderWriterLock

Public NotInheritable Class ReaderWriterLock

public ref class ReaderWriterLock sealed

[<SealedAttribute>]
type ReaderWriterLock =  class end

The ReaderWriterLock type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	ReaderWriterLock	Constructor

	Name	Description
	AcquireReaderLock	Acquires a reader lock
	AcquireWriterLock	Acquires the writer lock
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	ReleaseReaderLock	Decrements the lock count
	ReleaseWriterLock	Decrements the lock count on the writer lock
	ToString	Returns a String that represents the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)

ReaderWriterLock is used to synchronize access to a resource. At any given time, it allows either concurrent read access for multiple threads, or write access for a single thread. In a situation where a resource is changed infrequently, a ReaderWriterLock provides better throughput than a simple one-at-a-time lock, such as Monitor.

If a platform does not support a System.Threading.ReaderWriterLock implementation then all readers and writers are serialized. Therefore the caller must not rely on multiple simultaneous readers.

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