SimpleHelpers.ObjectPool#

A fast lightweight object pool for fast and simple object reuse.

Simple to use, fast, lightweight and thread-safe object pool for objects that are expensive to create or could efficiently be reused.

Note: this nuget package contains c# source code and depends on System.Collections.Concurrent introduced in .Net 4.0.

Features#

Simple to use
Fast
Lightweight
Thread-safe

Installation#

NuGet Package Details#

You can install using NuGet, see SimpleHelpers.ObjectPool at NuGet.org

PM> Install-Package SimpleHelpers.ObjectPool

The nuget package contains C# source code.

The source code will be installed in your project with the following file system structure:

|-- <project root>
    |-- SimpleHelpers
        |-- ObjectPool.cs

Download#

If you prefer, you can also download the source code: ObjectPool.cs

Examples#

// Get or create a new random generator
Random rnd = ObjectPool<Random>.Get (CreateRandomGenerator);
// start generating random numbers
try
{
    // ...

    var num = rnd.Next (max);

    // ...
}
finally
{
    // Release the random generator by putting it back in the object pool
    ObjectPool<Random>.Put (rnd);
}

// our factory
private static Random CreateRandomGenerator ()
{
    return new Random ((int)DateTime.UtcNow.Ticks);
}