Parameters

obj

The object on which to acquire the lock.

timeout

A TimeSpan set to the maximum amount of time to wait for the lock.

timeout

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Returns

true if the current thread acquires the lock; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	obj is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The value of timeout in milliseconds is negative and is not equal to Timeout.Infinite , or is greater than int.MaxValue .

Remarks

If successful, this method acquires an exclusive lock on obj.

If the value of timeout converted to milliseconds equals Timeout.Infinite, this method is equivalent to Monitor.Enter(object) (obj). If the value of timeout equals zero, this method is equivalent to Monitor.TryEnter(object) (obj).

Requirements

Namespace: System.Threading
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0