Namespace Neon.Tasks

Classes

Async

Task related utilities.

AsyncAutoResetEvent

Implements an async/await friendly equivalent of AutoResetEvent.

AsyncManualResetEvent

Implements an async/await friendly equivalent of ManualResetEvent.

AsyncMutex

Implements an async/await friendly equivalent of Mutex.

AsyncPeriodicTask

Implements a common asynchronous coding pattern where an asynchronous operation is performed periodically and cancellation and exceptions are handled cleanly.

AsyncReaderWriterLock

Implements an async/await friendly equivalent of ReaderWriterLock.

AsyncReentrantMutex

Extends AsyncMutex to support reentrancy.

AsyncTimer

Implements a timer that runs on a background Task.

Structs

NonDisposableTask

Used to convert a Task into an awaitable that that does not implement IDisposable. This is useful for avoiding confusion and hard to debug problems when async methods return an IDisposable intended to be referenced in a using statement. It is very easy to forget the await keyword in this situation and because Task also implements IDisposable, there will be no compiler error or warning. Wrapping the task with this structure addresses this.

NonDisposableTask<T>

Used to convert a Task<TResult> into an awaitable that that does not implement IDisposable. This is useful for avoiding confusion and hard to debug problems when async methods return an IDisposable intended to be referenced in a using statement. It is very easy to forget the await keyword in this situation and because Task<TResult> also implements IDisposable, there will be no compiler error or warning. Wrapping the task with this structure addresses this.

SyncContext

Used by public async library methods to reset the current task SynchronizationContext so that continuations won't be marshalled back to the current thread which can cause serious problems for UI apps.

Interfaces

IAsyncFuture

Defines an interface that completes a future operation asynchronously.

IAsyncFuture<T>

Defines an interface that returns the value from the asynchronous operation.

Enums

SyncContextMode

Enumerates the SyncContext modes, configured by setting Mode.