[c#] Thread-safe List<T> property

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namespace AI.Collections {
    using System;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Runtime.Serialization;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow;

    /// <summary>
    ///     Just a simple thread safe collection.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
    /// <value>Version 1.5</value>
    /// <remarks>TODO replace locks with AsyncLocks</remarks>
    [DataContract( IsReference = true )]
    public class ThreadSafeList<T> : IList<T> {
        /// <summary>
        ///     TODO replace the locks with a ReaderWriterLockSlim
        /// </summary>
        [DataMember]
        private readonly List<T> _items = new List<T>();

        public ThreadSafeList( IEnumerable<T> items = null ) { this.Add( items ); }

        public long LongCount {
            get {
                lock ( this._items ) {
                    return this._items.LongCount();
                }
            }
        }

        public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator() { return this.Clone().GetEnumerator(); }

        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() { return this.GetEnumerator(); }

        public void Add( T item ) {
            if ( Equals( default( T ), item ) ) {
                return;
            }
            lock ( this._items ) {
                this._items.Add( item );
            }
        }

        public Boolean TryAdd( T item ) {
            try {
                if ( Equals( default( T ), item ) ) {
                    return false;
                }
                lock ( this._items ) {
                    this._items.Add( item );
                    return true;
                }
            }
            catch ( NullReferenceException ) { }
            catch ( ObjectDisposedException ) { }
            catch ( ArgumentNullException ) { }
            catch ( ArgumentOutOfRangeException ) { }
            catch ( ArgumentException ) { }
            return false;
        }

        public void Clear() {
            lock ( this._items ) {
                this._items.Clear();
            }
        }

        public bool Contains( T item ) {
            lock ( this._items ) {
                return this._items.Contains( item );
            }
        }

        public void CopyTo( T[] array, int arrayIndex ) {
            lock ( this._items ) {
                this._items.CopyTo( array, arrayIndex );
            }
        }

        public bool Remove( T item ) {
            lock ( this._items ) {
                return this._items.Remove( item );
            }
        }

        public int Count {
            get {
                lock ( this._items ) {
                    return this._items.Count;
                }
            }
        }

        public bool IsReadOnly { get { return false; } }

        public int IndexOf( T item ) {
            lock ( this._items ) {
                return this._items.IndexOf( item );
            }
        }

        public void Insert( int index, T item ) {
            lock ( this._items ) {
                this._items.Insert( index, item );
            }
        }

        public void RemoveAt( int index ) {
            lock ( this._items ) {
                this._items.RemoveAt( index );
            }
        }

        public T this[ int index ] {
            get {
                lock ( this._items ) {
                    return this._items[ index ];
                }
            }
            set {
                lock ( this._items ) {
                    this._items[ index ] = value;
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Add in an enumerable of items.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="collection"></param>
        /// <param name="asParallel"></param>
        public void Add( IEnumerable<T> collection, Boolean asParallel = true ) {
            if ( collection == null ) {
                return;
            }
            lock ( this._items ) {
                this._items.AddRange( asParallel
                                              ? collection.AsParallel().Where( arg => !Equals( default( T ), arg ) )
                                              : collection.Where( arg => !Equals( default( T ), arg ) ) );
            }
        }

        public Task AddAsync( T item ) {
            return Task.Factory.StartNew( () => { this.TryAdd( item ); } );
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Add in an enumerable of items.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="collection"></param>
        public Task AddAsync( IEnumerable<T> collection ) {
            if ( collection == null ) {
                throw new ArgumentNullException( "collection" );
            }

            var produce = new TransformBlock<T, T>( item => item, new ExecutionDataflowBlockOptions { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = Environment.ProcessorCount } );

            var consume = new ActionBlock<T>( action: async obj => await this.AddAsync( obj ), dataflowBlockOptions: new ExecutionDataflowBlockOptions { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = Environment.ProcessorCount } );
            produce.LinkTo( consume );

            return Task.Factory.StartNew( async () => {
                collection.AsParallel().ForAll( item => produce.SendAsync( item ) );
                produce.Complete();
                await consume.Completion;
            } );
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Returns a new copy of all items in the <see cref="List{T}" />.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public List<T> Clone( Boolean asParallel = true ) {
            lock ( this._items ) {
                return asParallel
                               ? new List<T>( this._items.AsParallel() )
                               : new List<T>( this._items );
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Perform the <paramref name="action" /> on each item in the list.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="action">
        ///     <paramref name="action" /> to perform on each item.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="performActionOnClones">
        ///     If true, the <paramref name="action" /> will be performed on a <see cref="Clone" /> of the items.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="asParallel">
        ///     Use the <see cref="ParallelQuery{TSource}" /> method.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="inParallel">
        ///     Use the
        ///     <see
        ///         cref="Parallel.ForEach{TSource}(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable{TSource},System.Action{TSource})" />
        ///     method.
        /// </param>
        public void ForEach( Action<T> action, Boolean performActionOnClones = true, Boolean asParallel = true, Boolean inParallel = false ) {
            if ( action == null ) {
                throw new ArgumentNullException( "action" );
            }
            var wrapper = new Action<T>( obj => {
                try {
                    action( obj );
                }
                catch ( ArgumentNullException ) {
                    //if a null gets into the list then swallow an ArgumentNullException so we can continue adding
                }
            } );
            if ( performActionOnClones ) {
                var clones = this.Clone( asParallel: asParallel );
                if ( asParallel ) {
                    clones.AsParallel().ForAll( wrapper );
                }
                else if ( inParallel ) {
                    Parallel.ForEach( clones, wrapper );
                }
                else {
                    clones.ForEach( wrapper );
                }
            }
            else {
                lock ( this._items ) {
                    if ( asParallel ) {
                        this._items.AsParallel().ForAll( wrapper );
                    }
                    else if ( inParallel ) {
                        Parallel.ForEach( this._items, wrapper );
                    }
                    else {
                        this._items.ForEach( wrapper );
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Perform the <paramref name="action" /> on each item in the list.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="action">
        ///     <paramref name="action" /> to perform on each item.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="performActionOnClones">
        ///     If true, the <paramref name="action" /> will be performed on a <see cref="Clone" /> of the items.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="asParallel">
        ///     Use the <see cref="ParallelQuery{TSource}" /> method.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="inParallel">
        ///     Use the
        ///     <see
        ///         cref="Parallel.ForEach{TSource}(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable{TSource},System.Action{TSource})" />
        ///     method.
        /// </param>
        public void ForAll( Action<T> action, Boolean performActionOnClones = true, Boolean asParallel = true, Boolean inParallel = false ) {
            if ( action == null ) {
                throw new ArgumentNullException( "action" );
            }
            var wrapper = new Action<T>( obj => {
                try {
                    action( obj );
                }
                catch ( ArgumentNullException ) {
                    //if a null gets into the list then swallow an ArgumentNullException so we can continue adding
                }
            } );
            if ( performActionOnClones ) {
                var clones = this.Clone( asParallel: asParallel );
                if ( asParallel ) {
                    clones.AsParallel().ForAll( wrapper );
                }
                else if ( inParallel ) {
                    Parallel.ForEach( clones, wrapper );
                }
                else {
                    clones.ForEach( wrapper );
                }
            }
            else {
                lock ( this._items ) {
                    if ( asParallel ) {
                        this._items.AsParallel().ForAll( wrapper );
                    }
                    else if ( inParallel ) {
                        Parallel.ForEach( this._items, wrapper );
                    }
                    else {
                        this._items.ForEach( wrapper );
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}