New Post: MEF thread safety

The export providers like:

• CompositionContainer
• ComposablePartExportProvider
• CatalogExportProvider
  

have dedicated constructors that accept parameter (bool isThreadSafe) indicating that it should be "true if export provider must be thread-safe; otherwise, false.".

We know that even if we specify "true" - above classes won't be thread-safe for operations that causes recomposition (e.g. executing composition or exports change in the uderlying catalog).

Does it still means that if we provide synchronization for operations causing recompositon - other operations will be guaranteed to be thread safe? (assuming isThreadSafe=true)

Other words:

• we set isThreadSafe=true
• we put lock on operations causing recomposition (so that Compose(...), Catalogs.Add(...) are synchronized)
• we do not synchronize GetExports operations or access to the exported objects via Lazy<> imports
  

Does it is still thread-safe?