Send – synchronous: wait for answer (or action completed) Post – asynchronous: drop off and continue So your example uses the correct methods at the right moments. There is no need to halt the for-loop until the progress update is complete (on the contrary). And Execute does want to wait for the Action to complete, … Read more
I don’t see how REST adds a constraint that two resources could not have the same value. The resourceType/ID is just an example of the easiest use case rather than the best way to go from a RESTful point of view. If you read paragraph 5.2.1.1 of Roy Fielding’s dissertation carefully, you will notice that … Read more
In a hypothetical theater: It is called Mutex if only one person is allowed to watch the play. It is called Semaphore if N number of people are allowed to watch the play. If anybody leaves the Theater during the play then other person can be allowed to watch the play. It is called CountDownLatch … Read more
I was just reading CLR via C# book by Jeffrey Ritcher and thanks to him I can also give some easy explanation related to that topic. (assuming that I am not fully agreed with the whole details in answers) First of all, TaskScheduler object is responsible for executing scheduled tasks. The FCL ships with two … Read more
Abstract Abstract Classes focus on a kind of things similarity. People are considered of type mammal and as such would not be considered of type vehicle. Interface Interfaces focus on collation of similar function. For example: You are a human being and are of type mammal. If you want to fly then you will need … Read more
I think the current behavior makes sense. If I create my own task scheduler, and start some task that starts other tasks, I probably want all the tasks to use the scheduler I created. I agree that it’s odd that sometimes starting a task from the UI thread uses the default scheduler and sometimes not. … Read more
All four answers so far are incorrect, in that they assert a specific order of events. Believing that “urban legend” has led many a novice (and professional) astray, to wit, the endless stream of questions about Undefined Behavior in expressions. So. For the built-in C++ prefix operator, ++x increments x and produces (as the expression’s … Read more
I may be missing something You are. what is the difference between doing Task.Wait and await task? You order your lunch from the waiter at the restaurant. A moment after giving your order, a friend walks in and sits down next to you and starts a conversation. Now you have two choices. You can ignore … Read more