// Logic table:
//Current Operation : Requested Operation : Result
//Idle : Read/Search or Write : Allowed
//Read/Search : Read/Search : Allowed
//Read/Search : Write : Wait until Read/Search is done
//Write : Read/Search or Write : Wait until Write is done
//
/// <summary>
/// Locks this Synchronizer so that other threads won't be able to access this Synchronizer until this Synchronizer gets Unlocked. See Unlock function below.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="RequestedOperation">Lock resource for Read, Write or Search</param>
public void Lock(OperationType RequestedOperation)
{
if (!IsWriteRequested && (CurrentOperation == OperationType.Read || CurrentOperation == OperationType.Search) &&
(RequestedOperation == OperationType.Read || RequestedOperation == OperationType.Search))
{
// we don't need to lock since reading could be done by more than one thread. As result, multiple reads invoked by multiple threads will run in parallel!
Interlocked.Increment(ref ReadCount);
}
else
{
if (!IsWriteRequested)
{
IsWriteRequested = (CurrentOperation == OperationType.Read || CurrentOperation == OperationType.Search) && RequestedOperation == OperationType.Write;
}
SingleThreadAccess.Lock(this);
IsWriteRequested = false;
CurrentOperation = RequestedOperation;
if (RequestedOperation == OperationType.Read || RequestedOperation == OperationType.Search)
{
ReadCount = 1;
}
}
}
