CancellationTokenSource Class

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Signals to a CancellationToken that it should be canceled.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System.Threading..::.CancellationTokenSource

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

Syntax

Public Class CancellationTokenSource _
    Implements IDisposable
public class CancellationTokenSource : IDisposable

The CancellationTokenSource type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
CancellationTokenSource()()() Initializes the CancellationTokenSource.
CancellationTokenSource(Int32) Constructs a CancellationTokenSource that will be canceled after a specified time span.
CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan) Constructs a CancellationTokenSource that will be canceled after a specified time span.

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Properties

  Name Description
IsCancellationRequested Gets whether cancellation has been requested for this CancellationTokenSource.
Token Gets the CancellationToken associated with this CancellationTokenSource.

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Methods

  Name Description
Cancel()()() Communicates a request for cancellation.
Cancel(Boolean) Communicates a request for cancellation.
CancelAfter(Int32) Schedules a Cancel operation on this CancellationTokenSource.
CancelAfter(TimeSpan) Schedules a Cancel operation on this CancellationTokenSource.
CreateLinkedTokenSource(array<CancellationToken>[]()[]) Creates a CancellationTokenSource that will be in the canceled state when any of the source tokens are in the canceled state.
CreateLinkedTokenSource(CancellationToken, CancellationToken) Creates a CancellationTokenSource that will be in the canceled state when any of the source tokens are in the canceled state.
Dispose()()() Releases all resources used by the current instance of the CancellationTokenSource class.
Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the CancellationTokenSource class and optionally releases the managed resources.
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

For more information and code examples see [eea11fe5-d8b0-4314-bb5d-8a58166fb1c3].

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0

Thread Safety

All public and protected members of CancellationTokenRegistration are thread-safe and may be used concurrently from multiple threads, with the exception of Dispose, which must only be used when all other operations on the CancellationTokenRegistration have completed.

See Also

Reference

System.Threading Namespace