Working with System.Threading.Tasks.Task instead of Stream

Question

I was using a method like below on the previous versions of WCF Web API:

// grab the posted stream
Stream stream = request.Content.ContentReadStream;

// write i         


        

Answer 1

Quick and dirty fix:

// grab the posted stream
Task streamTask = request.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
Stream stream = streamTask.Result; //blocks until Task is completed

Be aware that the fact that the sync version has been removed from the API suggests that you should really be attempting to learn the new async paradigms to avoid gobbling up many threads under high load.

You could for instance:

streamTask.ContinueWith( _ => {
    var stream = streamTask.Result; //result already available, so no blocking
    //work with stream here
} )

or with new async await features:

//async wait until task is complete
var stream = await request.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync(); 

Take time to learn async/await. It's pretty handy.