How to lock on an integer in C#?

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I like doing it like this

public class Synchronizer {
    private Dictionary<int, object> locks;
    private object myLock;

    public Synchronizer() {
        locks = new Dictionary<int, object>();
        myLock = new object();
    }

    public object this[int index] {
        get {
            lock (myLock) {
                object result;
                if (locks.TryGetValue(index, out result))
                    return result;

                result = new object();
                locks[index] = result;
                return result;
            }
        }
    }
}

Then, to lock on an int you simply (using the same synchronizer every time)

lock (sync[15]) { ... }

This class returns the same lock object when given the same index twice. When a new index comes, it create an object, returning it, and stores it in the dictionary for next times.

It can easily be changed to work generically with any struct or value type, or to be static so that the synchronizer object does not have to be passed around.

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