Lock() in a static method

Question

I have a multi threaded application that writes to a settings xml file using a static method. I want to avoid that the file is being updated twice at the same time (causing acce

Answer 1

The concept of lock() is to use an existing-object it can reference and use to control whether access is granted.

static object SpinLock = new object();

lock(SpinLock)
{
   //Statements
}

When the execution leaves the lock() block the reference is released and any other threads waiting to execute the code block can proceed (one at a time, of course).