MessageQueue.Peek Method (TimeSpan)

using System;
using System.Messaging;

namespace MyProject
{
	/// <summary> 
	/// Provides a container class for the example. 
	/// </summary> 
	public class MyNewQueue
	{

		//************************************************** 
		// Provides an entry point into the application. 
		//		  
		// This example determines whether a queue is empty. 
		//************************************************** 

		public static void Main()
		{
			// Create a new instance of the class.
			MyNewQueue myNewQueue = new MyNewQueue();

			// Determine whether a queue is empty. 
			bool isQueueEmpty = myNewQueue.IsQueueEmpty();
						
			return;
		}


		//************************************************** 
		// Determines whether a queue is empty. The Peek() 
		// method throws an exception if there is no message 
		// in the queue. This method handles that exception  
		// by returning true to the calling method. 
		//************************************************** 
		
		public bool IsQueueEmpty()
		{
			bool isQueueEmpty = false;

			// Connect to a queue.
			MessageQueue myQueue = new MessageQueue(".\\myQueue");

			try
			{
				// Set Peek to return immediately.
				myQueue.Peek(new TimeSpan(0));

				// If an IOTimeout was not thrown, there is a message  
				// in the queue.
				isQueueEmpty = false;
			}

			catch(MessageQueueException e)
			{
				if (e.MessageQueueErrorCode == 
					MessageQueueErrorCode.IOTimeout)
				{
					// No message was in the queue.
					isQueueEmpty = true;
				}

				// Handle other sources of MessageQueueException.
			}

			// Handle other exceptions as necessary. 

			// Return true if there are no messages in the queue. 
			return isQueueEmpty;

		}
	}
}