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TryUpdateOrRemove extension method -- https://stackoverflow.com/a/72063401/11178549
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using System; | |
using System.Collections; | |
using System.Collections.Concurrent; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
public static class ConcurrentDictionaryExtensions | |
{ | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Uses the specified function to update a key/collection pair in the dictionary, | |
/// if the key already exists. In case the function returns a null or empty | |
/// collection, the key/collection pair is removed from the dictionary. | |
/// In case the function returns the existing collection, the result is false. | |
/// </summary> | |
public static bool TryUpdateOrRemove<TKey, TCollection>( | |
this ConcurrentDictionary<TKey, TCollection> source, TKey key, | |
Func<TKey, TCollection, TCollection> updateValueFactory) | |
where TCollection : class, ICollection | |
{ | |
while (true) | |
{ | |
if (!source.TryGetValue(key, out var existing)) | |
return false; | |
var updated = updateValueFactory(key, existing); | |
if (ReferenceEquals(updated, existing)) return false; | |
if (updated is null || updated.Count == 0) | |
{ | |
if (source.TryRemove(KeyValuePair.Create(key, existing))) return true; | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
if (source.TryUpdate(key, updated, existing)) return true; | |
} | |
// We lost the race to either TryRemove or TryUpdate. Try again. | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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