Mutex Uses :
1.used when we need deadlock free Multiple Lock Acquisition. Mutex implemented with help of WaitHandle.
2.Single Instance of Application Instance.
Dead Lock free Multiple Lock Acquisition :
A sample Deadlock Code :
class Deadlock
{
static object a = new object();
static object b =new object();
public static void lock1()
{
lock (a)
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for Resource B");
lock (b)
{
Console.WriteLine("Accquired Resouce B");
}
}
}
public static void lock2()
{
lock (b)
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for Resource A");
lock (a)
{
Console.WriteLine("Accquired Resouce A");
}
}
}
public static void CreateThreads()
{
var thread = new Thread[2];
thread[0] = new Thread(lock1);
thread[1] = new Thread(lock2);
thread[0].Start();
thread[1].Start();
}
}
Mutex and WaitHandle :
We could use WaitHandle Method WaitHandle.WaitAll() which takes parameter as an array of mutex(mutex inherits from waithandle) which would return true or false based on resource availability.
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