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Generic Task Blocking Queue
A generic blocking queue has the following properties:
It is thread-safe.
It allows queuing and de-queuing of items of a certain type (T).
If a de-queue operation is performed and the ...
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Correct way to delete elements from a ConcurrentDictionary with a predicate
I have written a caching wrapper class for ConcurrentDictionary. Basically it has a timer that checks if items are expired and removes them. Since ConcurrentDictionary does not have RemoveAll method ...
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Proper way to cancel WebClient in BackgroundWorker
I have a WPF application that needs to get a XML document using a web request. The request is based on an id that the user enters. If the user enters a second id, before the first returns, I would ...
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Synchronization of remote files download
Preamble: it's a self-assigned and pure syntetic task to learn (and remember what I already knew) C# threads and synchronization and data structures.
The original question was here ...
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Need guidance using Tasks
I am doing multithreading using TPL Tasks first time. This is what i have done so far and I want to do it the right way. I will really appreciate if you could honor me with your expert advice.
I am ...
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Simple Freelock collection
I wrote simple lock-free collection class for saving items from multithreading code. I did it just for fun and experience. Can you check my code for potentially problems please?
public class ...
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ThreadPool implementation
The following code is a self-implementation of the static class ThreadPool in C#, only the QueueUserWorkItem (the simpler method), written to practice multithreading in the .NET environment and ...
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Monkey testing a SmartCard library
My definition of monkey testing is basically playing with a program in as if I was a monkey (press every button, unplug things, go in the wrong order..etc etc)
So I made a rather simple SmartCard ...
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Multi Threaded Error Logger
I am trying to design a class that will log errors to a text file, the application is using threads heavily so it may be that 2 errors that need to be written at the same time. I know there are 3rd ...
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creating dynamic threads
First, I want to say that this code works, but I want to make sure this is the right way of doing it. I am writing this for a SMS text API that loops through each phone number. I sometimes gets hung ...
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Implementation of ordered lock pattern
Below is attempt to catch potential deadlocks at runtime in C#. Basically this class allows user to acquire locks in a pre-defined order only. I ran some basic tests and it appears to work. Please ...
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Multi-threaded Winforms Conventions for Main()
I'm trying to find a good pattern for new applications (and for refactoring old ones).
Maybe it's just me, but I dislike spawning my main logic thread from inside my main form thread (so far I always ...
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Asynchronous version of AutoResetEvent
This is my second attempt to create asynchronous version of AutoResetEvent.
At first I tried to make it completely lock-less, but it turned out to be impossible.
This implementation contains a lock ...
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Producer/Consumer with some limitations
The code realizes producer/consumer problem with multiple producers and consumers. Have this code any potential deadlock or races?
//RandomDataProvider.cs
namespace MyNamespace.Core
{
using ...
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Designing a better logger class
Could you please critisize the logger class below? Can it be used in a multi threaded web environment? If not how can I improve it? Is there anything wrong with locking in WriteToLog method or ...
