/// <summary>
/// Gets a lock for an object (discriminated by the provided 'key' param), which can be shared by other objects that call this extension method.
/// To release the lock, the caller must call Dispose on the returned object.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The lock context returned is guaranteed to be the same reference if two or more objects (with equivalent keys)
/// call this method 'at the same time'. The lock context is not guaranteed to be the same between calls if requests to GetLock are executed
/// serially with no concurrent calls with the same key.
/// Does not lock on the key.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="key">A unique key to create a lock for</param>
/// <returns>A lock unique to the specified key value</returns>
public static IDisposable GetLock(string key)
{
LockObject @lock = null;
do
{
if (@lock != null)
{
@lock.Dispose();
}
@lock = new LockObject(key, LockManager.Locks, LockManager.Locks.GetOrAdd(key, _ => new LockState()));
@lock.Acquire();
} while ([email protected]);
return(@lock);
}
