ActionBlock<TInput>.Post(TInput) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow

Assembly:

System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll

Source:

ActionBlock.cs

Posts an item to the target dataflow block.

public:
 bool Post(TInput item);

public bool Post (TInput item);

member this.Post : 'Input -> bool

Public Function Post (item As TInput) As Boolean

Parameters

item

TInput

The item being offered to the target.

Returns

Boolean

true if the item is posted to the dataflow block; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the Post method to post an item to the target dataflow block. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the How to: Specify the Degree of Parallelism in a Dataflow Block topic.

// Performs several computations by using dataflow and returns the elapsed
// time required to perform the computations.
static TimeSpan TimeDataflowComputations(int maxDegreeOfParallelism,
   int messageCount)
{
   // Create an ActionBlock<int> that performs some work.
   var workerBlock = new ActionBlock<int>(
      // Simulate work by suspending the current thread.
      millisecondsTimeout => Thread.Sleep(millisecondsTimeout),
      // Specify a maximum degree of parallelism.
      new ExecutionDataflowBlockOptions
      {
         MaxDegreeOfParallelism = maxDegreeOfParallelism
      });

   // Compute the time that it takes for several messages to
   // flow through the dataflow block.

   Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
   stopwatch.Start();

   for (int i = 0; i < messageCount; i++)
   {
      workerBlock.Post(1000);
   }
   workerBlock.Complete();

   // Wait for all messages to propagate through the network.
   workerBlock.Completion.Wait();

   // Stop the timer and return the elapsed number of milliseconds.
   stopwatch.Stop();
   return stopwatch.Elapsed;
}

' Demonstrates how to specify the maximum degree of parallelism 
' when using dataflow.
Friend Class Program
   ' Performs several computations by using dataflow and returns the elapsed
   ' time required to perform the computations.
   Private Shared Function TimeDataflowComputations(ByVal maxDegreeOfParallelism As Integer, ByVal messageCount As Integer) As TimeSpan
      ' Create an ActionBlock<int> that performs some work.
      Dim workerBlock = New ActionBlock(Of Integer)(Function(millisecondsTimeout) Pause(millisecondsTimeout), New ExecutionDataflowBlockOptions() With { .MaxDegreeOfParallelism = maxDegreeOfParallelism})
         ' Simulate work by suspending the current thread.
         ' Specify a maximum degree of parallelism.

      ' Compute the time that it takes for several messages to 
      ' flow through the dataflow block.

      Dim stopwatch As New Stopwatch()
      stopwatch.Start()

      For i As Integer = 0 To messageCount - 1
         workerBlock.Post(1000)
      Next i
      workerBlock.Complete()

      ' Wait for all messages to propagate through the network.
      workerBlock.Completion.Wait()

      ' Stop the timer and return the elapsed number of milliseconds.
      stopwatch.Stop()
      Return stopwatch.Elapsed
   End Function

   Private Shared Function Pause(ByVal obj As Object)
      Thread.Sleep(obj)
      Return Nothing
   End Function