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C# | Creating a synchronized (thread-safe) wrapper for the ArrayList

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Synchronized(ArrayList) method is used to get an ArrayList wrapper that is synchronized (thread safe).

Syntax:

public static System.Collections.ArrayList Synchronized (System.Collections.ArrayList list);

Here, the list is the ArrayList which is to be synchronized.

Return Value: It returns an ArrayList wrapper which is synchronized (thread safe).

Exception: This method throws ArgumentNullException if the list is null.

Below programs illustrate the use of above-discussed method:

Example 1:




// C# code to check if ArrayList
// Is Synchronized or not
using System;
using System.Collections;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Driver code
    public static void Main()
    {
  
        // Creating an ArrayList
        ArrayList myList = new ArrayList();
  
        // Adding elements to ArrayList
        myList.Add("Geeks");
        myList.Add("for");
        myList.Add("Geeks");
        myList.Add("Noida");
        myList.Add("Geeks Classes");
        myList.Add("Delhi");
  
        // Creates a synchronized
        // wrapper around the ArrayList
        ArrayList smyList = ArrayList.Synchronized(myList);
  
        // Displays the synchronization
        // status of both ArrayList
        Console.WriteLine("myList is {0}.", myList.IsSynchronized ? 
                              "Synchronized" : "Not Synchronized");
  
        Console.WriteLine("smyList is {0}.", smyList.IsSynchronized ?
                                "Synchronized" : "Not Synchronized");
    }
}


Output:

myList is Not Synchronized.
smyList is Synchronized.

Example 2:




// C# code to check if ArrayList
// Is Synchronized or not
using System;
using System.Collections;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Driver code
    public static void Main()
    {
  
        // Creating an ArrayList
        ArrayList myList = new ArrayList();
  
        // Adding elements to ArrayList
        myList.Add("Geeks");
        myList.Add("for");
        myList.Add("Geeks");
        myList.Add("Noida");
        myList.Add("Geeks Classes");
        myList.Add("Delhi");
  
        // it will give error as
        // the parameter is null
        ArrayList smyList = ArrayList.Synchronized(null);
    }
}


Runtime Error:

Unhandled Exception:
System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: list

Note: For the thread safety of the ArrayList, all operations must be done through this wrapper.

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Last Updated : 01 Feb, 2019
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