Multithreading with C# Cookbook - Second Edition

Designing a custom awaitable type

This recipe shows you how to design a very basic awaitable type that is compatible with the await operator.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter5\Recipe8.

How to do it...

To design a custom awaitable type, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System;
   using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
   using System.Threading;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
   using static System.Console;
   using static System.Threading.Thread;

3. Add the following code snippet below the Main ...