Class Shared

Shared resource utility.

Inheritance

System.Object

Shared

Namespace: Microsoft.Psi

Assembly: Microsoft.Psi.dll

Syntax

public static class Shared : object

Methods

Create<T>(T)

Creates a Shared<T> instance wrapping the specified resource. The returned instance must be disposed.

Declaration

public static Shared<T> Create<T>(T resource)
    where T : class

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T	resource	The resource to wrap. Usually a large memory allocation.

Returns

Type	Description
Shared<T>	A Shared<T> instance wrapping the specified resource.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of resource being wrapped.

Remarks

The reference count of the resource is incremented before this method returns. When the returned Shared<T> is disposed, resource's reference count is decremented. When the reference count reaches 0, the wrapped resource is released and disposed.