How can I assign a name to a task in TPL

Question

I\'m going to use lots of tasks running on my application. Each bunch of tasks is running for some reason. I would like to name these tasks so when I watch the Parallel Tasks wi

Answer 1

If you only need to know the name of the task after the task is finished then you could just pass it as a parameter. Return it as a part of the task result.

    private async Task MyTask(int x, string taskName)
    {
        return new[]
        {
            taskName, x.ToString()
        };
    }

Or map your tasks to a dictionary

        var mapping = new Dictionary();
        var task = new Task(() => Console.WriteLine("myNullTask"));
        mapping.Add(task, "myNullTask");
        foreach (var taskX in mapping)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
                $"Task Id: {taskX.Key.Id}, " +
                $"Task Name: {taskX.Value}, " +
                $"Task Status: {taskX.Key.Status}");
        }