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Mastering C# and .NET Framework

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Mastering C# and .NET Framework

Overview of this book

Mastering C# and .NET Framework will take you in to the depths of C# 6.0/7.0 and .NET 4.6, so you can understand how the platform works when it runs your code, and how you can use this knowledge to write efficient applications. Take full advantage of the new revolution in .NET development, including open source status and cross-platform capability, and get to grips with the architectural changes of CoreCLR. Start with how the CLR executes code, and discover the niche and advanced aspects of C# programming – from delegates and generics, through to asynchronous programming. Run through new forms of type declarations and assignments, source code callers, static using syntax, auto-property initializers, dictionary initializers, null conditional operators, and many others. Then unlock the true potential of the .NET platform. Learn how to write OWASP-compliant applications, how to properly implement design patterns in C#, and how to follow the general SOLID principles and its implementations in C# code. We finish by focusing on tips and tricks that you'll need to get the most from C# and .NET. This book also covers .NET Core 1.1 concepts as per the latest RTM release in the last chapter.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Mastering C# and .NET Framework
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Task Parallel


While all this is important, there are cases where this solution lacks enough flexibility, and that's why we include Task Parallel Library in the set of the software tools available.

We've seen the basics of the Task object in Chapter 3, Advanced Concepts of C# and .NET, and Chapter 12, Performance, but now it's time to look at some more advanced aspects that make this object one of the most interesting in .NET Framework regarding parallel programming.

Communication between threads

As you know, the results obtained after task completions can be of any type (Generics included).

When you create a new Task<T> object, you inherit several methods and properties to facilitate data manipulation and retrieval. For example, you have properties such as Id, IsCancelled, IsCompleted, IsFaulted, and Status to determine the state of the task and a Result property, which contains the returning value of the task.

As for the methods available, you have a Wait method to force the Task object...