如何在xml文件中分开读写？

Question

What is the best way to read and write to an XML file so my writes to not stop my reads? What I would like is two separate classes doing this that are independent and hence to not share locks/mutexes etc.

Currently I am using XDocument.Load() to read the file which I believe takes a lock on the file only on the load.

Answer 1

I would not generally recommend both read/write at the same time but assuming you know the risks, the read lock can be removed if you first load the file into memory:

byte[] buffer = File.ReadAllBytes("myFile");
var ms = new MemoryStream(buffer);
var doc = XDocument.Load(ms);