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Jonathan
Jonathan

Reputation: 2358

lock statement and MVC

Is it plausable to use a lock for a POST within MVC? Is there situation like using a webfarm that would invalidate the lock? I usually use database locks but my particular situation is pretty difficult to manage and its simpler to use a Monitor. I dont want to get into discussing why I need a lock just want to know if there are situations when it wont work as desired.

private static object Lockable = new Object(); 
public ActionResult Submit() 
{
     lock(Lockable)
     {


     }   
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1696

Answers (2)

Sedat Kapanoglu
Sedat Kapanoglu

Reputation: 47660

In order to achieve a lock over a webfarm you need to have a shared resource on the network (such as a cache server), and you need to use that to achieve webfarm-safe locking. I think that's the simplest solution.

You can also isolate the component you want to serialize calls to and access to it over network.

There is another option of creating a MSDTC compliant component that can enlist into distributed transactions so all callers are enforced to serialize their calls. However that requires setting up all environment to work with MSDTC, Enterprise Services etc.

Upvotes: 3

YavgenyP
YavgenyP

Reputation: 2123

As you said yourself, in the case of few web servers / different processes, your lock will only work for the current process, which means it wont affect other running instances of ur application, if such exist.

Upvotes: 1

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