Thread safe ?

[Dachyon]

Hi everyone,
I have an XMLDOM (MSXML4) implemented using the CoFreeThreadedDOMDocument4 coclass. It is updated by multiple processes. Can anyone tell me whether this coclass serializes access ?
In other words, could I potentially read from the DOM while it is being updated by another process, and get invalid data ?

Note : I will also POST this question to the COM/DCOM forum, so my apologies for duplicating

Mny tnx
dachyon

 

[chiph]

I wouldn't assume that it's thread-safe. If it's being updated by another thread, then all the internal object references are being changed at the same time you're trying to read -- maybe you'll get consistent results, maybe you won't.

Chip H.


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