Question

I have a foreach method like this one:

public void Initialize(ClassB fixed)
{
    foreach (ClassA item in itemCollection)
    {
        this.InitializeStock(fixed, item);
    }
}        

I would like to use a Parallel.ForEach with this one but not sure on how to do it. I cannot set the fixed parameter as a class attribute as the Initialize method is already called from another Parallel.ForEach.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It’s not clear what the problem is. This should be fine:

public void Initialize(ClassB fixed)
{
    Parallel.ForEach(itemCollection, item =>
    {
        this.InitializeStock(fixed, item);
    });
}

The fixed variable will be captured by the lambda expression so that it can be used when calling InitializeStock.

EDIT: If you really don’t want lambda expressions:

private class ClassBHolder
{
    private readonly ClassB fixed;
    // Foo is the class which has the Initialize method
    private readonly Foo container;

    internal ClassBHolder(ClassB fixed, Foo container)
    {
        this.fixed = fixed;
        this.container = container;
    }

    internal void Execute(ClassA item)
    {
        container.InitializeStock(fixed, item);
    }
}

public void Initialize(ClassB fixed)
{
    ClassBHolder holder = new ClassBHolder(fixed, this);
    Parallel.ForEach(itemCollection, holder.Execute);
}

… but really, which would you rather read?