Task Constructor (Action, CancellationToken, TaskCreationOptions)

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Initializes a new Task with the specified action and creation options.

Namespace: System.Threading.Tasks
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    action As Action, _
    cancellationToken As CancellationToken, _
    creationOptions As TaskCreationOptions _
)

public Task(
    Action action,
    CancellationToken cancellationToken,
    TaskCreationOptions creationOptions
)

action
Type: System.Action
The delegate that represents the code to execute in the task.

cancellationToken
Type: System.Threading.CancellationToken
The CancellationToken() that the new task will observe.

creationOptions
Type: System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCreationOptions
The TaskCreationOptions used to customize the Task's behavior.

Exception	Condition
ObjectDisposedException	The [T:System.Threading.]CancellationTokenSource that created cancellationToken has already been disposed.
ArgumentNullException	The action argument is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The creationOptions argument specifies an invalid value for TaskCreationOptions.

Supported in: 5

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