I was often noted by Thread Safety declarations when I was reading .NET Framework Class Library documents in MSDN.
The declaration is usually described as 'Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.'
So, does this mean All the static/shared methods written in .NET compatible programming language, such as C#, VB.NET, are guaranteed to be synchronized and thread safe? Or else, we still need to implement our custom code to ensure the thread-safty for static methods?
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"Laser Lu" <la******@163.c omwrote in message
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[...] The declaration is usually described as
'Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members
of this type are thread safe. Any instance members
are not guaranteed to be thread safe.'
So, does this mean All the static/shared methods written
in .NET compatible programming language, such as C#,
VB.NET, are guaranteed to be synchronized and thread
safe? Or else, we still need to implement our custom
code to ensure the thread-safty for static methods?
The programming guidelines from Microsoft recommend that you make all
your public static methods thread-safe, and indeed they have followed those
guidelines in the classes that they have provided with the Framework.
However, this is not automatic. Just marking a method as static does not
guarantee that it will be tread-safe. you still have to examine your code
and see if there is something in it that could be affected, such as a shared
variable that could be accessed by two threads, and apply adequate locking
mechanisms to ensure its safety.
The declaration is usually described as 'Any public static (Shared in
Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are
not guaranteed to be thread safe.'
So, does this mean All the static/shared methods written in .NET compatible
programming language, such as C#, VB.NET, are guaranteed to be synchronized
and thread safe?
Yes. I have never heard of a static (Shared) method *not* being
thread-safe.
The reason that static / Shared methods are always thread-safe is because
there is no instance of a class, and therefore, no member variables for
threads to stomp on in contradictory ways.
Any local variables inside a static / Shared method exist locally within the
particular stack frame of the calling code on the calling thread, and
therefore, will never conflict with multiple threads simultaneously hitting
the same method with local variables.
--
Peace & happy computing,
Mike Labosh, MCSD MCT
Owner, vbSensei.Com
"Escriba coda ergo sum." -- vbSensei
Not necessarily true. If the static/shared method contains internal state
variables that it maintains across calls, it may not be thread safe if the
implementer didn't ensure internal thread safety. That said, I don't
believe there are any non-thread safe static/shared methods in the framework
itself, but given the size of the framework, I don't think you can guarantee
that any given method is thread safe without referring to the documentation.
Mike Ober.
"Mike Labosh" <mlabosh_at_hot mail_dot_comwro te in message
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>The declaration is usually described as 'Any public static (Shared in
Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members
are
not guaranteed to be thread safe.'
So, does this mean All the static/shared methods written in .NET
compatible
programming language, such as C#, VB.NET, are guaranteed to be
synchronized
and thread safe?
Yes. I have never heard of a static (Shared) method *not* being
thread-safe.
The reason that static / Shared methods are always thread-safe is because
there is no instance of a class, and therefore, no member variables for
threads to stomp on in contradictory ways.
Any local variables inside a static / Shared method exist locally within
the
particular stack frame of the calling code on the calling thread, and
therefore, will never conflict with multiple threads simultaneously
hitting
the same method with local variables.
--
Peace & happy computing,
Mike Labosh, MCSD MCT
Owner, vbSensei.Com
"Escriba coda ergo sum." -- vbSensei
"Mike Labosh" <mlabosh_at_hot mail_dot_comwro te in message
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>The declaration is usually described as 'Any public static (Shared in
Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members
are
not guaranteed to be thread safe.'
So, does this mean All the static/shared methods written in .NET
compatible
programming language, such as C#, VB.NET, are guaranteed to be
synchronized
and thread safe?
Yes. I have never heard of a static (Shared) method *not* being
thread-safe.
The reason that static / Shared methods are always thread-safe is because
there is no instance of a class, and therefore, no member variables for
Not necessarily true. See Array.Resize for instance, which needs a class
instance.
threads to stomp on in contradictory ways.
Any local variables inside a static / Shared method exist locally within
the
particular stack frame of the calling code on the calling thread, and
therefore, will never conflict with multiple threads simultaneously
hitting
the same method with local variables.
And what about static member variables?
--
Peace & happy computing,
Mike Labosh, MCSD MCT
Owner, vbSensei.Com
"Escriba coda ergo sum." -- vbSensei
On Mar 20, 8:03 am, "Mike Labosh" <mlabosh_at_hot mail_dot_comwro te:
The reason that static / Shared methods are always thread-safe is because
there is no instance of a class, and therefore, no member variables for
threads to stomp on in contradictory ways.
But there could be static fields. Those would have to be synchronized
just like instance fields. The reason why Microsoft chose to make
most static properties and methods thread-safe is because they're
commonly used across many threads and it would incovenient for the
callers to figure out how to synchronize them on their own. Imagine
what it would look like if Console.WriteLi ne had to be wrapped with a
lock everytime. That's just plain nasty.
On Mar 20, 1:03 pm, "Mike Labosh" <mlabosh_at_hot mail_dot_comwro te:
The reason that static / Shared methods are always thread-safe is because
there is no instance of a class, and therefore, no member variables for
threads to stomp on in contradictory ways.
And what about static variables?
Any local variables inside a static / Shared method exist locally within the
particular stack frame of the calling code on the calling thread, and
therefore, will never conflict with multiple threads simultaneously hitting
the same method with local variables.
With reference types, two different threads could still be accessing
the same *objects*, even though the local variables themselves are
independent.
Basically, whenever there's shared data, there can be threading
issues. There's nothing to stop static methods sharing data with other
executing code, therefore there can be threading issues.
Jon
Any method (static or otherwise) that is called by multiple threads and uses
any shared state must be aware of syncronization and take require action
depending on needs. Static != thread safe.
--
William Stacey [C# MVP]
"Mike Labosh" <mlabosh_at_hot mail_dot_comwro te in message
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|The declaration is usually described as 'Any public static (Shared in
| Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members
are
| not guaranteed to be thread safe.'
| So, does this mean All the static/shared methods written in .NET
compatible
| programming language, such as C#, VB.NET, are guaranteed to be
synchronized
| and thread safe?
|
| Yes. I have never heard of a static (Shared) method *not* being
| thread-safe.
|
| The reason that static / Shared methods are always thread-safe is because
| there is no instance of a class, and therefore, no member variables for
| threads to stomp on in contradictory ways.
|
| Any local variables inside a static / Shared method exist locally within
the
| particular stack frame of the calling code on the calling thread, and
| therefore, will never conflict with multiple threads simultaneously
hitting
| the same method with local variables.
| --
|
| Peace & happy computing,
|
| Mike Labosh, MCSD MCT
| Owner, vbSensei.Com
|
| "Escriba coda ergo sum." -- vbSensei
|
|
"Laser Lu" <la******@163.c omschrieb:
>The declaration is usually described as 'Any
public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members
of this type are thread safe. Any instance
members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.'
So, does this mean All the static/shared
methods written in .NET compatible programming
language, such as C#, VB.NET, are guaranteed
to be synchronized and thread safe?
No.
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Here's the deal... the only difference (that I am aware of) between
static and instance methods is that instance methods pass the "this"
pointer silently while static methods do not; that's it. I think that
the reason why static methods have been marked as "thread safe" is
that they are assuming that, since the method is static, you won't be
accessing any shared-state as you most likely would in an instance
method. Both instance methods and static methods *are* thread-safe as
long as you don't access any shared-state (eg. instance/static fields)
since each thread has its own local stack.
In short, if you have a multi-threaded application that needs to
access shared-state, you need to synchronize all access via a locking
mechanism such as lock, mutexes, monitor, etc...
Here's a link that might help : http://www.odetocode.com/Articles/313.aspx
Regards,
Anthony
On Mar 20, 4:08 am, "Laser Lu" <laser...@163.c omwrote:
I was often noted by Thread Safety declarations when I was reading .NET Framework Class Library documents in MSDN.
The declaration is usually described as 'Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.'
So, does this mean All the static/shared methods written in .NET compatible programming language, such as C#, VB.NET, are guaranteed to be synchronized and thread safe? Or else, we still need to implement our custom code to ensure the thread-safty for static methods?
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