C# thread safety with get/set

Question

This is a detail question for C#.

Suppose I\'ve got a class with an object, and that object is protected by a lock:

Object mLock = new Object();
MyOb         


        

Answer 1

In your edited version, you are still not providing a threadsafe way to update MyObject. Any changes to the object's properties will need to be done inside a synchronized/locked block.

You can write individual setters to handle this, but you've indicated that this will be difficult because of the large number fields. If indeed the case (and you haven't provided enough information yet to assess this), one alternative is to write a setter that uses reflection; this would allow you to pass in a string representing the field name, and you could dynamically look up the field name and update the value. This would allow you to have a single setter that would work on any number of fields. This isn't as easy or as efficient but it would allow you to deal with a large number of classes and fields.