Is there a Task based replacement for System.Threading.Timer?

Question

I\'m new to .Net 4.0\'s Tasks and I wasn\'t able to find what I thought would be a Task based replacement or implementation of a Timer, e.g. a periodic Task. Is there such a

Answer 1

static class Helper
{
    public async static Task ExecuteInterval(Action execute, int millisecond, IWorker worker)
    {
        while (worker.Worked)
        {
            execute();

            await Task.Delay(millisecond);
        }
    }
}


interface IWorker
{
    bool Worked { get; }
}

Simple...