Runs a function on a worker thread and returns its result.
Overload 1
"Complete this function on a worker thread"
async Task GenericAsync() // Whatever async code your writing
{
await ts.RunInThreadAsync( DoHeavyWork );
}
private void DoHeavyWork()
{
// CPU-bound or blocking work
ExpensiveCalculation();
}
Overload 2
“return the value from this function that is completed on worker thread”
async Task GenericAsync() // Whatever async code your writing
{
await ts.RunInThreadAsync( ComputeSomethingLarge );
}
private int ComputeSomethingLarge()
{
return ExpensiveCalculation(10000);
}
Overload 3
"I need to await things while I complete this async pipeline"
async Task GenericAsync() // Whatever async code your writing
{
await ts.RunInThreadAsync( LoadAndParseAsync );
}
private async Task LoadAndParseAsync()
{
await LoadFileAsync();
await ParseAsync();
}
Overload 4
“I need to produce a value from an awaited async pipeline”
async Task GenericAsync() // Whatever async code your writing
{
ParsedData data = await ts.RunInThreadAsync( LoadAndParseDataAsync );
}
private async Task<ParsedData> LoadAndParseDataAsync()
{
string json = await LoadJsonAsync();
return ParseData( json );
}
these also work the anonymous functions but those examples were harder to parse quickly
example of using anonymous function for Overload 1
async Task GenericAsync() // Whatever async code your writing
{
await ts.RunInThreadAsync( () =>
ExpensiveCalculation();
);
}
Bot
Sandbox.TaskSource.RunInThreadAsync : api/Sandbox.TaskSource/RunInThreadAsync