Task<TResult>.ContinueWith Method (Action<Task<TResult>>, CancellationToken)

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

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

Parameters

continuationAction
Type: System.Action<Task<TResult>>

An action to run when the Task<TResult> completes. When run, the delegate will be passed the completed task as an argument.

cancellationToken
Type: System.Threading.CancellationToken

The CancellationToken that will be assigned to the new continuation task.

Return Value

Type: System.Threading.Tasks.Task
A new continuation Task.
ExceptionCondition
ObjectDisposedException

The Task<TResult> has been disposed.

-or-

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: 4.5, 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

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