I was working with Asp MVC 3, and in my application was created Async controller with some methods like:
public void ActionAsync()
{
AsyncManager.OutstandingOperations.Increment();
AsyncManager.Parameters["someResult"] = GetSomeResult();
AsyncManager.OutstandingOperations.Decrement();
}
public JsonResult ActionCompleted(SometResultModel someResult)
{
return Json(someResult, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
And now, when I'm working with MVC4 and Web Api I need to create controller with async actions like in mvc 3. At current time it's looks like:
public Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostActionAsync()
{
return Task<HttpResponseMessage>.Factory.StartNew( () =>
{
var result = GetSomeResult();
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, result);
});
}
Is it a good idea to make async actions in web api like this or there some better way is exist?
UPD. Also, if I will use
public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> ActionAsync()
{
var result = await GetSomeResult();
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, result);
}
will this full action work in background thread? And how to make my GetSomeResult() function be awaitable? It's return that Task<HttpResponseMessage> is not awaitable.
