/// <summary>
/// Registers item and returns true if it was registered, false if this named instance already existed in the list
/// </summary>
public bool Register(T item)
{
lock (m_Sync)
{
if (m_Data.ContainsKey(item.Name))
{
return(false);
}
var data = new RegistryDictionary <T>(m_Data);
data.Add(item.Name, item);
JustRegistered(item);
m_Data = data;
}
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Registers item and returns true if it was registered, false if this named instance already existed and was replaced
/// </summary>
public bool RegisterOrReplace(T item, out T existing)
{
lock (m_Sync)
{
var data = new RegistryDictionary <T>(m_Data);
if (data.TryGetValue(item.Name, out existing))
{
data[item.Name] = item;
JustReplaced(existing, item);
}
else
{
existing = default(T);//safeguard
data.Add(item.Name, item);
JustRegistered(item);
}
m_Data = data;
}
return(existing == null);
}
