CloudBlockBlob.DownloadToByteArrayAsync Method (Byte[], Int32, AccessCondition, BlobRequestOptions, OperationContext)

Article
05/14/2014

Initiates an asynchronous operation to download the contents of a blob to a byte array.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DoesServiceRequestAttribute> _
Public Function DownloadToByteArrayAsync ( _
    target As Byte(), _
    index As Integer, _
    accessCondition As AccessCondition, _
    options As BlobRequestOptions, _
    operationContext As OperationContext _
) As Task(Of Integer)

[DoesServiceRequestAttribute] 
public Task<int> DownloadToByteArrayAsync (
    byte[] target,
    int index,
    AccessCondition accessCondition,
    BlobRequestOptions options,
    OperationContext operationContext
)

[DoesServiceRequestAttribute] 
public:
virtual Task<int>^ DownloadToByteArrayAsync (
    array<unsigned char>^ target, 
    int index, 
    AccessCondition^ accessCondition, 
    BlobRequestOptions^ options, 
    OperationContext^ operationContext
) sealed

Parameters

target
The target byte array.

index
The starting offset in the byte array.

accessCondition
An AccessCondition object that represents the condition that must be met in order for the request to proceed.

options
A BlobRequestOptions object that specifies additional options for the request.

operationContext
An OperationContext object that represents the context for the current operation.

Return Value

A Task object of type int that represents the asynchronous operation.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008