c# lock in generic function

Question

I have such a class:

public static class CacheManager
{
    static object lockObject = new object();

    static MemcachedClient CacheObject
    {
        get
        {
            if (!MemcachedClient.Exists(Settings.Default
                .CacheInstanceName))
            {
                MemcachedClient.Setup(Settings.Default
                    .CacheInstanceName,
                        new string[] {Settings.Default
                            .CacheHostAddress});
            }
            //
            //
            return MemcachedClient.GetInstance(Settings
                .Default.CacheInstanceName);
        }
    }

    public static List<TData> Get<TData>(string key, Func<List<int>> getListCallback,
        Func<int, TData> getItemCallback) where TData : class
    {
        var result = new List<TData>();
        //
        //
        var list = CacheObject.Get(key);
        if (list == null)
        {
            lock (lockObject)
            {
                list = CacheObject.Get(key);
                if (list == null)
                {
                    list = getListCallback();
                    CacheObject.Set(key, list);
                    //
                    //
                    foreach (var id in (List<int>)list)
                    {
                        var item = getItemCallback(id);
                        result.Add(item);
                        CacheObject.Set(string.Concat(key, id), item);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            foreach (var id in (List<int>)list)
            {
                var itemKey = string.Concat(key, id);
                //
                //
                var item = CacheObject.Get(itemKey);
                if (item == null)
                {
                    lock (lockObject)
                    {
                        item = CacheObject.Get(itemKey);
                        if (item == null)
                        {
                            item = getItemCallback(id);
                            CacheObject.Set(itemKey, item);
                        }
                    }
                }
                //
                //
                result.Add((TData)item);
            }
        }
        //
        //
        return (List<TData>)result;
    }

    public static void Remove(string key)
    {
        CacheObject.Delete(key);
    }
}

it is used in classes-repositories:

public class NewsRepository : BaseRepository, IRepository
{

    public List<News> FindAll()
    {
        return CacheManager.Get<News>(key,
            () => clientEntities.News.OrderByDescending(n => n.DateCreated).Select(n => n.NewsId).ToList(),
            (id) => clientEntities.News.Single(n => n.NewsId == id));
    }
}
public class PagesRepository : BaseRepository
{
    public List<Page> FindAll()
    {

        return CacheManager.Get<Page>(key,
            () => clientEntities.Pages.OrderBy(p => p.PageId).Select(p => p.PageId).ToList(),
            (id) => clientEntities.Pages.Single(p => p.PageId == id));
    }
}

my question is: for example NewsRepository didn't find news in cache and got the lock and began to load data but at this moment PagesRepository didn't find pages in cache. will PagesRepository's CacheManager be locked by NewsRepository or (I think so) NewsRepository's CacheManager is another static class and its internal locks do not touch PagesRepository's CacheManager?

Answer 1

A static field of a non-generic type (that is itself not nested in a generic type etc) exists only once, so all the locks will conflict.

If (comments) your aim is to make the lock per-type (from the generic method), then perhaps the best way to do that is:

public static class CacheManager {
    static class TypeLock<T> {
        public static readonly object SyncLock = new object();
    }
    ...
    void SomeGenericMethod<TData>(args) {
       ...
       lock(TypeLock<TData>.SyncLock) {
          ...
       }
       ...
    }
}

Here, SyncLock exists once (and only once) per T, so per TData. This allows you to keep your existing API (where CacheManager is non-generic).

Answer 2

Both will use the same reference to lockObject, and therefore the same lock.