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c#asp.net-mvcthread-safety
TheBoubou
TheBoubou

Reputation: 19933

Thread safe in ASP.NET MVC

In an ASP.NET MVC, when the application start, I need to some connections (LDAP, …) in background. Is there a way to do this “thread safe” in a ASP.NET MVC application ?

Thanks,

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1382

Answers (2)

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1039588

You should avoid running background tasks in AS.NET. But if for some reason you need to do it, you could start a new thread in Application_Start and perform those tasks. Since Application_Start executes only once, this thread will run once (unless of course you configure some timer -> which you probably should not be doing).

If on the other hand you need to consume the work done in this background thread from your ASP.NET MVC controllers (which run inside the context of an HTTP request) you will need proper synchronization in order to ensure that the initialization thread you started in Application_Start has finished. Depending on your exact scenario there might be different ways to achieve that.

Upvotes: 2

Mayank
Mayank

Reputation: 8852

here is a sample how you need to do it, basically we are creating an anonymous delegate which will Invoke the function that initiates the connections.

if(this.InvokeRequired)
{
    Invoke(new MethodInvoker( () => yourFunctionThatCreatesSomeConnections(Args)));
}
else
{
yourFunctionThatCreatesSomeConnections(Args);
}

Upvotes: 0

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