StephenCleary/AsyncEx
AsyncEx
AsyncEx is a .NET asynchronous synchronization library providing a collection of primitives to coordinate tasks and manage execution flow. It implements mechanisms for asynchronous resource locking, event signaling, and concurrency control to ensure correct execution order in environments supporting async/await.
The library includes an asynchronous lock implementation to protect shared resources without blocking threads, an async semaphore controller to limit simultaneous operations, and an event signaling system to manage the startup and shutdown of asynchronous workflows.
The toolkit covers broader capabilities in concurrency and coordination, including mutual exclusion and the synchronization of multiple asynchronous operations.
Features
- Async Coordination Primitives - Provides a comprehensive set of synchronization primitives specifically designed for .NET asynchronous tasks.
- Async Coordination Libraries - Provides a comprehensive set of primitives for synchronizing asynchronous tasks and managing execution flow in .NET.
- Non-Blocking Async Locks - Implements a mechanism for protecting shared resources in asynchronous environments without blocking threads.
- Task Coordination Strategies - Implements strategies for awaiting and coordinating the sequence of multiple asynchronous tasks.
- Asynchronous Operation Synchronizations - Coordinates the order and timing of multiple async operations using completion signals.
- Asynchronous Mutexes - Provides asynchronous locking mechanisms to protect shared resources and prevent data corruption without blocking threads.
- Async Synchronization Libraries - Provides a collection of primitives for coordinating asynchronous tasks and managing execution flow in .NET.
- Synchronization Primitives - Provides asynchronous locks and signals that suspend coroutines to prevent thread blocking.
- Async Resource Mutexes - Prevents data corruption by ensuring only one asynchronous task can access a shared resource at a time.
- Inter-Component Event Signals - Provides asynchronous signal primitives like countdown events to coordinate between software components.
- Async Operation Coordinators - Implements utilities to coordinate the execution flow and timing of asynchronous operations in .NET.
- Async Resource Locking - Prevents data corruption by ensuring exclusive asynchronous access to shared resources.
- Async State Signaling - Manages the startup and shutdown of asynchronous workflows by tracking flags and signaling tasks.
- Asynchronous Synchronization Primitives - Ships a collection of asynchronous synchronization primitives including locks, semaphores, and event signals.
- Concurrency Semaphores - Provides semaphores to limit the number of concurrent operations and manage available permits.
- Mutual Exclusion Locks - Provides mutual exclusion locks to ensure only one execution unit accesses a shared resource.
- Async State Signaling - Coordinates the startup and shutdown of asynchronous workflows using state flags and waiting lists.
- Cache Resource Locking - Prevents race conditions and data corruption through asynchronous resource locking.
- FIFO Queue Lock Replacement - Utilizes FIFO queue mechanisms to manage lock acquisition and reduce contention.
- Async FIFO Lock Queues - Ensures fair access to shared resources by ordering waiting tasks in a FIFO sequence.
- Async Await Patterns - Implements non-blocking critical section guards using the async/await pattern.
- Task Completion Source Sync - Uses internal promises to suspend execution until a specific signal triggers the task to resume.
- Concurrency Limiting - Restricts the number of concurrent asynchronous processes to prevent system resource exhaustion.
- Application Frameworks - Helper utilities for working with async/await.
- Async Programming - Helper library for simplifying async and await operations.
