Managing busy state with MVVM Light

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Messaging
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Use this class to send a message when the busy state of an application changes.
    /// </summary>
    public class BusyMessage
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BusyMessage"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public BusyMessage()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the application is currently in a busy state.
        /// </summary>
        public bool IsBusy { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets user state information to include with the message.
        /// </summary>
        public object UserState { get; set; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Provides a thread-safe controller for managing the busy state of the application.
    /// </summary>
    public class BusyController : GalaSoft.MvvmLight.ViewModelBase
    {
        private readonly object syncRoot = new object();
        private int count;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes static members of the <see cref="BusyController"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        static BusyController()
        {
            _default = new BusyController();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BusyController"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public BusyController()
            : base(Messenger.Default)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BusyController"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="messenger">Optional. An <see cref="IMessenger"/> which will be used to send messages.</param>
        public BusyController(IMessenger messenger)
            : base(messenger)
        {
        }

        private static BusyController _default;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the default busy controller instance.
        /// </summary>
        public static BusyController Default
        {
            get
            {
                return _default;
            }
        }

        private bool _isBusy;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a value indicating whether the controller is currently in the busy state.
        /// </summary>
        public bool IsBusy
        {
            get
            {
                return this._isBusy;
            }

            private set
            {
                if (this._isBusy != value)
                {
                    this._isBusy = value;
                    this.RaisePropertyChanged(() => this.IsBusy);
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Resets the controller.
        /// </summary>
        public void Reset()
        {
            lock (this.syncRoot)
            {
                this.IsBusy = false;
                this.count = 0;

                if (this.MessengerInstance != null)
                {
                    // Send the message indicating that the controller is no longer busy.
                    this.MessengerInstance.Send<BusyMessage>(new BusyMessage() { IsBusy = false });
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sends the message
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value"><b>true</b> if the application is busy; otherwise, <b>false</b> when the application is no longer busy.</param>
        /// <param name="state">Optional. User state data to include with the message if the controller transitions between busy states.</param>
        public void SendMessage(bool value, object userState = null)
        {
            lock (this.syncRoot)
            {
                bool send = false;

                if (value)
                {
                    Interlocked.Increment(ref this.count);

                    if (this.count == 1)
                    {
                        this.IsBusy = true;

                        // The controller is now busy, send the message.
                        send = true;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    if (this.count > 0)
                    {
                        Interlocked.Decrement(ref this.count);
                    }

                    if (this.count == 0)
                    {
                        this.IsBusy = false;

                        // The controller is no longer busy, send the message.
                        send = true;
                    }
                }

                if (send && this.MessengerInstance != null)
                {
                    this.MessengerInstance.Send<BusyMessage>(new BusyMessage() { IsBusy = this.IsBusy, UserState = userState });
                }
            }
        }
    }
}