Only need 'most recent' Task - best practices for cancelling/ignoring?

Answer 1

I personally find the following approach to be the most elegant:

// Cancellation token for the latest task.
private CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource;

private void OnClick(object sender, ItemClickEventArgs e)
{
    // If a cancellation token already exists (for a previous task),
    // cancel it.
    if (this.cancellationTokenSource != null)
        this.cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();

    // Create a new cancellation token for the new task.
    this.cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
    CancellationToken cancellationToken = this.cancellationTokenSource.Token;

    // Start the new task.
    var task = Task.Factory.StartNew