How would you simplify Entering and Exiting a ReaderWriterLock?

Question

This seems very noisy to me. Five lines of overhead is just too much.

m_Lock.EnterReadLock()
Try
    Return m_List.Count
Finally
    m_Lock.ExitReadLock()
En         


        

Answer 1

This is not my invention but it certainly has made by hair a little less gray.

internal static class ReaderWriteLockExtensions
{
    private struct Disposable : IDisposable
    {
        private readonly Action m_action;
        private Sentinel m_sentinel;

        public Disposable(Action action)
        {
            m_action = action;
            m_sentinel = new Sentinel();
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            m_action();
            GC.SuppressFinalize(m_sentinel);
        }
    }

    private class Sentinel
    {
        ~Sentinel()
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException("Lock not properly disposed.");
        }
    }

    public static IDisposable AcquireReadLock(this ReaderWriterLockSlim lock)
    {
        lock.EnterReadLock();
        return new Disposable(lock.ExitReadLock);
    }

    public static IDisposable AcquireUpgradableReadLock(this ReaderWriterLockSlim lock)
    {
        lock.EnterUpgradeableReadLock();
        return new Disposable(lock.ExitUpgradeableReadLock);
    }

    public static IDisposable AcquireWriteLock(this ReaderWriterLockSlim lock)
    {
        lock.EnterWriteLock();
        return new Disposable(lock.ExitWriteLock);
    }
} 

How to use:

using (m_lock.AcquireReadLock())
{
    // Do stuff
}