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Arrays and Thread Safety

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Eric - 14 Apr 2005 20:03 GMT
I have a thread safety question.  Say I have the following:

class Class1
{

//instance constructor, member, and method
private Class1(SomeEnum x)
{
m_enumValue = x;
}

private SomeEnum m_enumValue;

public SomeEnum EnumValue
{
get{return m_enumValue;}
}

//static constructor, member, and method
static Class1
{
m_Array = new Class1[5];

m_Array[0] = new MyObject(SomeEnum.Val1);
//init other elements with new instances of Class1

}

private static Class1[] m_Array;

public static Class1[] GetSetOfValues()
{
Class1[] temp = new Class1[5];
Array.Copy(m_Array, temp);

return temp;
}

}

Basically there is a static array that has no chance of ever being
updated and callers need their own copy of that array which they will
change (sort differently).

I know the instance objects are thread safe because they are read only,
but what about multiple threads calling GetSetOfValues at the same
time.  Do I need to lock the private array while calling Array.Copy?

Thanks,
Eric Marvets
Mattias Sj?gren - 14 Apr 2005 21:36 GMT
>I know the instance objects are thread safe because they are read only,
>but what about multiple threads calling GetSetOfValues at the same
>time.  Do I need to lock the private array while calling Array.Copy?

No

Mattias

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saurabhgarg2k@gmail.com - 19 Apr 2005 18:18 GMT
Hi there,

Since Everything is Static and u r not modifying but accessing the
value of the Static Array, so there is no need of Lock while calling
Array.Copy.

Regards
Saurabh Garg

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