Question

I’m trying to make things simpler. Here is my code:

    If Threading.Monitor.TryEnter(syncRoot) Then         Try             'do something         Finally             Threading.Monitor.Exit(syncRoot)         End Try     Else         'do something else     End If 

This is even worse than the ReaderWriterLock in terms of noise. I can use C# or VB, so answers applying to either will be welcome.

Answer 1

Use a delegate?

E.g.

public bool TryEnter(object lockObject, Action work)  {     if (Monitor.TryEnter(lockObject))      {        try         {           work();        }        finally         {            Monitor.Exit(lockObject);        }                return true;      }       return false; }