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Task.ContinueWith Method (Action<Task>)

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.

Silverlight

Supported in: 5

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Date

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Reason

Added text to clarify asynchronous execution of continuations.

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