How a Mutex is used to synchronize access to a protected resource : Mutex « Thread « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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2. Thread
3. Mutex

using System;
using System.Threading;

class Test
{
    private static Mutex mut = new Mutex();

    static void Main()
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
        {
            Thread myThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(MyThreadProc));
            myThread.Name = String.Format("Thread{0}", i + 1);
            myThread.Start();
        }
    }
    private static void MyThreadProc()
    {
        for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
        {
            UseResource();
        }
    }
    private static void UseResource()
    {
        mut.WaitOne();
        Thread.Sleep(500);
        mut.ReleaseMutex();
    }
}