Thread locking using a shared class member

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  • Chris Dunaway

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    Thread locking using a shared class member

    Consider the following simple class:

    Public MyClass

    Private t As Thread
    Shared LockObj As Object = New Object()

    Public Sub New()
    t = New Thread(AddressO f DoWork)
    t.Start
    End Sub

    Private Sub DoWork()
    SyncLock MyClass.LockObj
    'Code to run in thread here
    End SyncLock
    End Sub

    End Class

    The code in DoWork will be run on the thread. Suppose that in that
    method, I wish to write some data to a log file. Suppose, also, that
    there will be several of these running and they each need to write to
    the same file. Is it okay to use a Shared member as I have here for
    synchronizing the thread? Is there a more preferred way?

    Thanks

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