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What’s the best pattern for making datasets threadsafe on write?
The best I can find by googling is ‘implement a wrapper layer with locks’ but at first blush this seems rather messy.
Can someone recommend / point me in the direction of a good solution to this? It seems likely to be a problem that has already been solved somewhere.
edit: I also need to bind the dataset to a ui grid, which complicates matters somewhat.
“Implement a wrapper layer with locks” is the way to go.
The wrapper layer will likely use locking that is specific to the way your application uses the DataSets.
Attempting to design a generic solution for a class as complex as a DataSet is probably doomed to failure.
For example, enumerating properties will generally not be thread-safe – so you would need to hold a lock for as long as any caller is enumerating any of the many collection properties (DataSet.Tables, DataTable.Rows, …).