FYI: Using ArrayList.Synch ronized on Derived Classes

[Mike Grasso]

I've seen a few messages on this, but no responses. Here's what I
found out

PROBLEM:
How do you use ArrayList.Synch ronized to create thread-safe objects
derived from ArrayList

public class MyList : ArrayList
{
}

// This throws an exception
MyList list = (MyList)ArrayLi st.Synchronized (new MyList)
ANSWER:
You can't. ArrayList.Synch ronized returns a new ArrayList object.
Sorry.

THE (not so great) SOLUTION:
Instead of deriving from ArrayList, Wrap it.

public class MyList : IList
{
private ArrayList inner;
public MyList()
{
inner = ArrayList.Synch ronized(new ArrayList);
}

// Implement the IList members using the inner ArrayList
public object this[int index]
{
get
{
return inner[index];
}
set
{
inner[index] = value;
}
}

You get the rest...
If there is a better solution, post it!