ICloudBlob.StartCopyFromBlobAsync Method (Uri, AccessCondition, AccessCondition, BlobRequestOptions, OperationContext, CancellationToken)

Article
05/14/2014

Initiates an asynchronous operation to start copying another blob's contents, properties, and metadata to this blob.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function StartCopyFromBlobAsync ( _
    source As Uri, _
    sourceAccessCondition As AccessCondition, _
    destAccessCondition As AccessCondition, _
    options As BlobRequestOptions, _
    operationContext As OperationContext, _
    cancellationToken As CancellationToken _
) As Task(Of String)

Task<string> StartCopyFromBlobAsync (
    Uri source,
    AccessCondition sourceAccessCondition,
    AccessCondition destAccessCondition,
    BlobRequestOptions options,
    OperationContext operationContext,
    CancellationToken cancellationToken
)

Task<String^>^ StartCopyFromBlobAsync (
    Uri^ source, 
    AccessCondition^ sourceAccessCondition, 
    AccessCondition^ destAccessCondition, 
    BlobRequestOptions^ options, 
    OperationContext^ operationContext, 
    CancellationToken cancellationToken
)

Parameters

source
The Uri of the source blob.

sourceAccessCondition
An AccessCondition object that represents the access conditions for the source blob.

destAccessCondition
An AccessCondition object that represents the access conditions for the destination blob.

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

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

cancellationToken
A CancellationToken to observe while waiting for a task to complete.

Return Value

A Task object of type string 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