Critical Section?

[Ed S]

HiAll,

What would you suggest I use if I want to protect the creation of a
singleton - in the instance() static method. In C++, I'd use a critical
section.

Thanks,

--Ed

 

[Alvin Bruney]

say
lock(this)
{
create singleton here
}

Locking on this is bad though because some other thread could conceivably
lock on this creating a deadlock of sorts. But that will give you roughly
the equivalent of a critical section.

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Ed,
Here is a write up on how to write a Singleton in C#, complete with making
it thread safe.

http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/singleton.html

Hope this helps
Jay