File: WeakReferenceHelpers.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cryptography;
 
internal static class WeakReferenceHelpers
{
    public static T GetSharedInstance<T>(ref WeakReference<T>? weakReference, Func<T> factory)
        where T : class, IDisposable
    {
        // First, see if the WR already exists and points to a live object.
        WeakReference<T>? existingWeakRef = Volatile.Read(ref weakReference);
        T? newTarget = null;
        WeakReference<T>? newWeakRef = null;
 
        while (true)
        {
            if (existingWeakRef != null)
            {
                if (weakReference!.TryGetTarget(out var existingTarget))
                {
                    // If we created a new target on a previous iteration of the loop but we
                    // weren't able to store the target into the desired location, dispose of it now.
                    newTarget?.Dispose();
                    return existingTarget;
                }
            }
 
            // If the existing WR didn't point anywhere useful and this is our
            // first iteration through the loop, create the new target and WR now.
            if (newTarget == null)
            {
                newTarget = factory();
                Debug.Assert(newTarget != null);
                newWeakRef = new WeakReference<T>(newTarget);
            }
            Debug.Assert(newWeakRef != null);
 
            // Try replacing the existing WR with our newly-created one.
            WeakReference<T>? currentWeakRef = Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref weakReference, newWeakRef, existingWeakRef);
            if (ReferenceEquals(currentWeakRef, existingWeakRef))
            {
                // success, 'weakReference' now points to our newly-created WR
                return newTarget;
            }
 
            // If we got to this point, somebody beat us to creating a new WR.
            // We'll loop around and check it for validity.
            Debug.Assert(currentWeakRef != null);
            existingWeakRef = currentWeakRef;
        }
    }
}