Task.FromException Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Threading.Tasks

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Overloads

FromException(Exception)	Creates a Task that has completed with a specified exception.
FromException<TResult>(Exception)	Creates a Task<TResult> that's completed with a specified exception.

FromException(Exception)

Source:

Task.cs

Creates a Task that has completed with a specified exception.

public:
 static System::Threading::Tasks::Task ^ FromException(Exception ^ exception);

public static System.Threading.Tasks.Task FromException (Exception exception);

static member FromException : Exception -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task

Public Shared Function FromException (exception As Exception) As Task

Parameters

exception

Exception

The exception with which to complete the task.

Returns

Task

The faulted task.

Remarks

This method creates a Task object whose Status property is Faulted and whose Exception property contains exception. The method is commonly used when you immediately know that the work that a task performs will throw an exception before executing a longer code path. For an example, see the FromException<TResult>(Exception) overload.

FromException<TResult>(Exception)

Source:

Task.cs

Creates a Task<TResult> that's completed with a specified exception.

public:
generic <typename TResult>
 static System::Threading::Tasks::Task<TResult> ^ FromException(Exception ^ exception);

public static System.Threading.Tasks.Task<TResult> FromException<TResult> (Exception exception);

static member FromException : Exception -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<'Result>

Public Shared Function FromException(Of TResult) (exception As Exception) As Task(Of TResult)

Type Parameters

TResult

The type of the result returned by the task.

Parameters

exception

Exception

The exception with which to complete the task.

Returns

Task<TResult>

The faulted task.

Examples

The following example is a command-line utility that calculates the number of bytes in the files in each directory whose name is passed as a command-line argument. Rather than executing a longer code path that instantiates a FileInfo object and retrieves the value of its FileInfo.Length property for each file in the directory, the example simply calls the FromException<TResult>(Exception) method to create a faulted task if a particular subdirectory does not exist.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string[] args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
      if (args.Length > 1) {
         List<Task<long>> tasks = new List<Task<long>>();
         for (int ctr = 1; ctr < args.Length; ctr++)
            tasks.Add(GetFileLengthsAsync(args[ctr]));

         try {
            Task.WaitAll(tasks.ToArray());
         }
         // Ignore exceptions here.
         catch (AggregateException) {}

         for (int ctr = 0 ; ctr < tasks.Count; ctr++) {
            if (tasks[ctr].Status == TaskStatus.Faulted)
               Console.WriteLine("{0} does not exist", args[ctr + 1]);
            else
               Console.WriteLine("{0:N0} bytes in files in '{1}'",
                                 tasks[ctr].Result, args[ctr + 1]);
         }
      }
      else {
         Console.WriteLine("Syntax error: Include one or more file paths.");
      }
   }

   private static Task<long> GetFileLengthsAsync(string filePath)
   {
      if (! Directory.Exists(filePath)) {
         return Task.FromException<long>(
                     new DirectoryNotFoundException("Invalid directory name."));
      }
      else {
         string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(filePath);
         if (files.Length == 0)
            return Task.FromResult(0L);
         else
            return Task.Run( () => { long total = 0;
                                     Parallel.ForEach(files, (fileName) => {
                                                 var fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open,
                                                                         FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite,
                                                                         256, true);
                                                 long length = fs.Length;
                                                 Interlocked.Add(ref total, length);
                                                 fs.Close(); } );
                                     return total;
                                   } );
      }
   }
}
// When launched with the following command line arguments:
//      subdir . newsubdir
// the example displays output like the following:
//       0 bytes in files in 'subdir'
//       2,059 bytes in files in '.'
//       newsubdir does not exist

open System
open System.IO
open System.Threading
open System.Threading.Tasks

let getFileLengthsAsync filePath =
    if Directory.Exists filePath |> not then
        DirectoryNotFoundException "Invalid directory name."
        |> Task.FromException<int64>

    else
        let files = Directory.GetFiles filePath

        if files.Length = 0 then
            Task.FromResult 0L
        else
            Task.Run(fun () ->
                let mutable total = 0L

                Parallel.ForEach(
                    files,
                    fun fileName ->
                        use fs =
                            new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite, 256, true)

                        Interlocked.Add(ref total, fs.Length) |> ignore
                )
                |> ignore

                total)

let args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[1..]

if args.Length > 0 then
    let tasks = Array.map getFileLengthsAsync args

    try
        Seq.cast tasks |> Seq.toArray |> Task.WaitAll

    // Ignore exceptions here.
    with :? AggregateException ->
        ()

    for i = 0 to tasks.Length - 1 do
        if tasks[i].Status = TaskStatus.Faulted then
            printfn $"{args[i + 1]} does not exist"
        else
            printfn $"{tasks[i].Result:N0} bytes in files in '{args[i + 1]}'"
else
    printfn "Syntax error: Include one or more file paths."

// When launched with the following command line arguments:
//      subdir . newsubdir
// the example displays output like the following:
//       0 bytes in files in 'subdir'
//       2,059 bytes in files in '.'
//       newsubdir does not exist

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim args() As String = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
      If args.Length > 1 Then
         Dim tasks As New List(Of Task(Of Long))
         For ctr = 1 To args.Length - 1
            tasks.Add(GetFileLengthsAsync(args(ctr)))
         Next
         Try
            Task.WaitAll(tasks.ToArray())
         ' Ignore exceptions here.
         Catch e As AggregateException
         End Try

         For ctr As Integer = 0 To tasks.Count - 1
            If tasks(ctr).Status = TaskStatus.Faulted Then
               Console.WriteLine("{0} does not exist", args(ctr + 1))
            Else
               Console.WriteLine("{0:N0} bytes in files in '{1}'",
                                 tasks(ctr).Result, args(ctr + 1))
            End If
         Next
      Else
         Console.WriteLine("Syntax error: Include one or more file paths.")
      End If
   End Sub
   
   Private Function GetFileLengthsAsync(filePath As String) As Task(Of Long)
      If Not Directory.Exists(filePath) Then
         Return Task.FromException(Of Long)(
                     New DirectoryNotFoundException("Invalid directory name."))
      Else
         Dim files As String() = Directory.GetFiles(filePath)
         If files.Length = 0 Then
            Return Task.FromResult(0L)
         Else
            Return Task.Run( Function()
                                Dim total As Long = 0
                                Dim lockObj As New Object
                                Parallel.ForEach(files, Sub(fileName)
                                                           Dim fs As New FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open,
                                                                     FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite,
                                                                     256, True)
                                                           Dim length As Long = fs.Length
                                                           Interlocked.Add(total, length)
                                                           fs.Close()
                                                        End Sub)
                                Return total
                             End Function )
         End If
      End If
   End Function
End Module
' When launched with the following command line arguments:
'      subdir . newsubdir
' the example displays output like the following:
'       0 bytes in files in 'subdir'
'       2,059 bytes in files in '.'
'       newsubdir does not exist

Remarks

This method creates a Task<TResult> object whose Status property is Faulted and whose Exception property contains exception. The method is commonly used when you immediately know that the work that a task performs will throw an exception before executing a longer code path. The example provides an illustration.