A ReaderWriterLock is used to implement a synchronous Cache to control the read/write operations on the Cache.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading; namespace ReadWriteLockSlimTest { class SynchronizedCache { private ReaderWriterLockSlim cacheLock = new ReaderWriterLockSlim(); private Dictionary<int, string> innerCache = new Dictionary<int, string>(); public string Read(int key) { cacheLock.EnterReadLock(); try { return innerCache[key]; } finally { cacheLock.ExitWriteLock(); } } public void Add(int key, string value) { cacheLock.EnterWriteLock(); try { innerCache.Add(key, value); } finally { cacheLock.ExitWriteLock(); } } public bool AddWithTimeout(int key, string value, int timeout) { if (cacheLock.TryEnterWriteLock(timeout)) { try { innerCache.Add(key, value); } finally { cacheLock.ExitWriteLock(); } return true; } else { return false; } } public AddOrUpdateStatus AddOrUpdate(int key, string value) { cacheLock.EnterUpgradeableReadLock(); try { string result = null; if (innerCache.TryGetValue(key, out result)) { if (result == value) { return AddOrUpdateStatus.Unchanged; } else { cacheLock.EnterWriteLock(); try { innerCache[key] = value; } finally { cacheLock.ExitWriteLock(); } return AddOrUpdateStatus.Updated; } } else { cacheLock.EnterWriteLock(); try { innerCache.Add(key, value); } finally { cacheLock.ExitWriteLock(); } return AddOrUpdateStatus.Added; } } finally { cacheLock.ExitUpgradeableReadLock(); } } public void Delete(int key) { cacheLock.EnterWriteLock(); try { innerCache.Remove(key); } finally { cacheLock.ExitWriteLock(); } } public enum AddOrUpdateStatus { Added, Updated, Unchanged }; } }