AsyncCallback Delegate
References a method to be called when a corresponding asynchronous operation completes.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
<SerializableAttribute> <ComVisibleAttribute(True)> Public Delegate Sub AsyncCallback ( ar As IAsyncResult )
Parameters
- ar
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Type:
System.IAsyncResult
The result of the asynchronous operation.
Use an AsyncCallback delegate to process the results of an asynchronous operation in a separate thread. The AsyncCallback delegate represents a callback method that is called when the asynchronous operation completes. The callback method takes an IAsyncResult parameter, which is subsequently used to obtain the results of the asynchronous operation.
For more information about asynchronous programming, see Using an AsyncCallback Delegate to End an Asynchronous Operation and Using an AsyncCallback Delegate and State Object in Event-based Asynchronous Pattern (EAP).
The following code example demonstrates using asynchronous methods in the Dns class to retrieve Domain Name System (DNS) information for user-specified computers. This example creates an AsyncCallback delegate that references the ProcessDnsInformation method. This method is called once for each asynchronous request for DNS information.
'The following example demonstrates using asynchronous methods to 'get Domain Name System information for the specified host computers. 'This example uses a delegate to obtain the results of each asynchronous 'operation. Imports System Imports System.Net Imports System.Net.Sockets Imports System.Threading Imports System.Collections.Specialized Imports System.Collections Namespace Examples.AdvancedProgramming.AsynchronousOperations Public Class UseDelegateForAsyncCallback Dim Shared requestCounter as Integer Dim Shared hostData as ArrayList = new ArrayList() Dim Shared hostNames as StringCollection = new StringCollection() Shared Sub UpdateUserInterface() ' Print a message to indicate that the application ' is still working on the remaining requests. Console.WriteLine("{0} requests remaining.", requestCounter) End Sub Public Shared Sub Main() ' Create the delegate that will process the results of the ' asynchronous request. Dim callBack as AsyncCallback Dim host as string Dim i, j, k as Integer callback = AddressOf ProcessDnsInformation Do Console.Write(" Enter the name of a host computer or <enter> to finish: ") host = Console.ReadLine() If host.Length > 0 ' Increment the request counter in a thread safe manner. Interlocked.Increment(requestCounter) ' Start the asynchronous request for DNS information. Dns.BeginGetHostEntry(host, callBack, host) End If Loop While (host.Length > 0) ' The user has entered all of the host names for lookup. ' Now wait until the threads complete. Do While requestCounter > 0 UpdateUserInterface() Loop ' Display the results. For i = 0 To hostNames.Count -1 Dim dataObject as Object = hostData (i) Dim message as String ' Was a SocketException was thrown? If TypeOf dataObject is String message = CType(dataObject, String) Console.WriteLine("Request for {0} returned message: {1}", _ hostNames(i), message) Else ' Get the results. Dim h as IPHostEntry = CType(dataObject, IPHostEntry) Dim aliases() as String = h.Aliases Dim addresses() as IPAddress = h.AddressList If aliases.Length > 0 Console.WriteLine("Aliases for 0}", hostNames(i)) For j = 0 To aliases.Length -1 Console.WriteLine("{0}", aliases(j)) Next j End If If addresses.Length > 0 Console.WriteLine("Addresses for {0}", hostNames(i)) For k = 0 To addresses.Length -1 Console.WriteLine("{0}",addresses(k).ToString()) Next k End If End If Next i End Sub ' The following method is called when each asynchronous operation completes. Shared Sub ProcessDnsInformation(result as IAsyncResult) Dim hostName as String = CType(result.AsyncState, String) hostNames.Add(hostName) Try ' Get the results. Dim host as IPHostEntry = Dns.EndGetHostEntry(result) hostData.Add(host) ' Store the exception message. Catch e as SocketException hostData.Add(e.Message) Finally ' Decrement the request counter in a thread-safe manner. Interlocked.Decrement(requestCounter) End Try End Sub End Class End Namespace
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1