CancellationTokenSource Class
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Signals to a CancellationToken that it should be canceled.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The CancellationTokenSource type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | CancellationTokenSource() | Initializes the CancellationTokenSource. |
![]() | CancellationTokenSource(Int32) | Constructs a CancellationTokenSource that will be canceled after a specified time span. |
![]() | CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan) | Constructs a CancellationTokenSource that will be canceled after a specified time span. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | IsCancellationRequested | Gets whether cancellation has been requested for this CancellationTokenSource. |
![]() | Token | Gets the CancellationToken associated with this CancellationTokenSource. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Cancel() | Communicates a request for cancellation. |
![]() | Cancel(Boolean) | Communicates a request for cancellation. |
![]() | CancelAfter(Int32) | Schedules a Cancel operation on this CancellationTokenSource. |
![]() | CancelAfter(TimeSpan) | Schedules a Cancel operation on this CancellationTokenSource. |
![]() ![]() | CreateLinkedTokenSource(array<CancellationToken>) | Creates a CancellationTokenSource that will be in the canceled state when any of the source tokens are in the canceled state. |
![]() ![]() | CreateLinkedTokenSource(CancellationToken, CancellationToken) | Creates a CancellationTokenSource that will be in the canceled state when any of the source tokens are in the canceled state. |
![]() | Dispose() | Releases all resources used by the current instance of the CancellationTokenSource class. |
![]() | Dispose(Boolean) | Releases the unmanaged resources used by the CancellationTokenSource class and optionally releases the managed resources. |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
For more information and code examples see [eea11fe5-d8b0-4314-bb5d-8a58166fb1c3].
All public and protected members of CancellationTokenRegistration are thread-safe and may be used concurrently from multiple threads, with the exception of Dispose, which must only be used when all other operations on the CancellationTokenRegistration have completed.



