M_CodeJam_Threading_InterlockedOperations_Initialize__1

InterlockedOperations.Initialize(T) Method (T, T)

Initialize the value referenced by target in a thread-safe manner. The value is changed to value only if the current value is default(T).

Namespace: CodeJam.Threading
Assembly: CodeJam (in CodeJam.dll) Version: 2.1.0.0

Syntax

C#

public static T Initialize<T>(
	ref T target,
	T value
)
where T : class

VB

Public Shared Function Initialize(Of T As Class) ( 
	ByRef target As T,
	value As T
) As T

F#

static member Initialize : 
        target : 'T byref * 
        value : 'T -> 'T  when 'T : not struct

Parameters

 

target

Type: T
Reference to the target location.

value

Type: T
The value to use if the target is equal to default(T).

Type Parameters

 

T

Type of value.

Return Value

Type: T
The new value referenced by target. Note that this is nearly always more useful than the usual return from CompareExchange(T)(T, T, T) because it saves another read to target.

See Also

Reference

InterlockedOperations Class
Initialize Overload
CodeJam.Threading Namespace