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Task.ContinueWith Method (Action<Task>)

Updated: June 2010

Creates a continuation that executes asynchronously when the target Task completes.

Namespace:  System.Threading.Tasks
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public Task ContinueWith(
	Action<Task> continuationAction
)

Parameters

continuationAction
Type: System.Action<Task>
An action to run when the Task completes. When run, the delegate will be passed the completed task as an argument.

Return Value

Type: System.Threading.Tasks.Task
A new continuation Task.
Exception Condition
ObjectDisposedException

The CancellationTokenSource that created cancellationToken has already been disposed.

ArgumentNullException

The continuationAction argument is null.

The returned Task will not be scheduled for execution until the current task has completed, whether it completes due to running to completion successfully, faulting due to an unhandled exception, or exiting out early due to being canceled.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Date

History

Reason

June 2010

Added text to clarify asynchronous execution of continuations.

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