InterlockedClass.txt

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Provides atomic operations for variables that are shared by multiple threads. 

The methods of this class help protect against errors that can occur when the scheduler switches contexts while a thread is updating a variable that can be accessed by other threads, or when two threads are executing concurrently on separate processors. The members of this class do not throw exceptions.

The Increment and Decrement methods increment or decrement a variable and store the resulting value in a single operation. On most computers, incrementing a variable is not an atomic operation, requiring the following steps: 

1.Load a value from an instance variable into a register.
2.Increment or decrement the value.
3.Store the value in the instance variable.

If you do not use Increment and Decrement, a thread can be preempted after executing the first two steps. Another thread can then execute all three steps. When the first thread resumes execution, it overwrites the value in the instance variable, and the effect of the increment or decrement performed by the second thread is lost.

The Exchange method atomically exchanges the values of the specified variables. The CompareExchange method combines two operations: comparing two values and storing a third value in one of the variables, based on the outcome of the comparison. The compare and exchange operations are performed as an atomic operation.

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CancellationTokenSource _cts = null;

private void BtnImoprt_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    CancellationTokenSource newSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
    CancellationTokenSource oldSource = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _cts, newSource);
    if (oldSource != null)
    {
        oldSource.Cancel();
        oldSource.Dispose();
    }
    
    Task.Run(() => Readtxt(newSource.Token), newSource.Token);
}

private void BtnCancel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    CancellationTokenSource oldSource = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _cts, null);
    if (oldSource != null)
    {
        oldSource.Cancel();
        oldSource.Dispose();
    }
}

private async Task Readtxt(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
    // Pass the cancellation token to any async methods that support it.
    // Regularly check its IsCancellationRequested property, or call its ThrowIfCancellationRequested method.
}

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The following code example shows a thread-safe resource locking mechanism:

using System;
using System.Threading;

namespace InterlockedExchange_Example
{
    class MyInterlockedExchangeExampleClass
    {
        //0 for false, 1 for true.
        private static int usingResource = 0;

        private const int numThreadIterations = 5;
        private const int numThreads = 10;

        static void Main()
        {
            Thread myThread;
            Random rnd = new Random();

            for(int i = 0; i < numThreads; i++)
            {
                myThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(MyThreadProc));
                myThread.Name = String.Format("Thread{0}", i + 1);

                //Wait a random amount of time before starting next thread.
                Thread.Sleep(rnd.Next(0, 1000));
                myThread.Start();
            }
        }

        private static void MyThreadProc()
        {
            for(int i = 0; i < numThreadIterations; i++)
            {
                UseResource();

                //Wait 1 second before next attempt.
                Thread.Sleep(1000);
            }
        }

        //A simple method that denies reentrancy.
        static bool UseResource()
        {
            //0 indicates that the method is not in use.
            if(0 == Interlocked.Exchange(ref usingResource, 1))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0} acquired the lock", Thread.CurrentThread.Name);

                //Code to access a resource that is not thread safe would go here.

                //Simulate some work
                Thread.Sleep(500);

                Console.WriteLine("{0} exiting lock", Thread.CurrentThread.Name);

                //Release the lock
                Interlocked.Exchange(ref usingResource, 0);
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("   {0} was denied the lock", Thread.CurrentThread.Name);
                return false;
            }
        }

    }
}