Is there a way to wrap an object up as a ConcurrentObject?

Question

I know how to utilize the ConcurrentDictionary<TKey, TValue> class by using a GetOrAdd() method very nicely. Is there a similar class for a single object instead? I'd rather not create a dictionary for a single object just to get concurrency.

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Right now, I'm doing the following:

return _singledict.GetOrAdd(_sync, CreateSingleItem);

Answer 1

It sounds like you want to have some means of accessing an existing object if it has already been constructed, and constructing a new one if it hasn't been, with the appropriate tools in place to prevent the construction of multiple objects.

This is exactly what Lazy<T> exists for.