public void CloudBlobSnapshotMetadataAPM()
        {
            CloudBlobContainer container = GetRandomContainerReference();

            try
            {
                container.Create();
                var             blobName   = GetRandomBlobName();
                CloudAppendBlob appendBlob = container.GetAppendBlobReference(blobName);
                appendBlob.CreateOrReplace();

                CloudBlob blob = container.GetBlobReference(blobName);
                blob.Metadata["Hello"] = "World";
                blob.Metadata["Marco"] = "Polo";
                blob.SetMetadata();

                IDictionary <string, string> snapshotMetadata = new Dictionary <string, string>();
                snapshotMetadata["Hello"] = "Dolly";
                snapshotMetadata["Yoyo"]  = "Ma";

                IAsyncResult result;

                using (AutoResetEvent waitHandle = new AutoResetEvent(false))
                {
                    result = blob.BeginSnapshot(snapshotMetadata, null, null, null, ar => waitHandle.Set(), null);
                    waitHandle.WaitOne();
                    CloudBlob snapshot = blob.EndSnapshot(result);

                    // Test the client view against the expected metadata
                    // Metadata keys should be case-insensitive
                    // None of the original metadata should be present
                    Assert.AreEqual("Dolly", snapshot.Metadata["Hello"]);
                    Assert.AreEqual("Dolly", snapshot.Metadata["HELLO"]);
                    Assert.AreEqual("Ma", snapshot.Metadata["Yoyo"]);
                    Assert.IsFalse(snapshot.Metadata.ContainsKey("Marco"));

                    // Test the server view against the expected metadata
                    snapshot.FetchAttributes();
                    Assert.AreEqual("Dolly", snapshot.Metadata["Hello"]);
                    Assert.AreEqual("Dolly", snapshot.Metadata["HELLO"]);
                    Assert.AreEqual("Ma", snapshot.Metadata["Yoyo"]);
                    Assert.IsFalse(snapshot.Metadata.ContainsKey("Marco"));
                }
            }
            finally
            {
                container.DeleteIfExists();
            }
        }
        public void CloudBlobSnapshotAPM()
        {
            CloudBlobContainer container = GetRandomContainerReference();

            try
            {
                container.Create();
                var             blobName     = GetRandomBlobName();
                MemoryStream    originalData = new MemoryStream(GetRandomBuffer(1024));
                CloudAppendBlob appendBlob   = container.GetAppendBlobReference(blobName);
                appendBlob.CreateOrReplace();
                appendBlob.AppendBlock(originalData, null);

                CloudBlob blob = container.GetBlobReference(blobName);
                blob.FetchAttributes();
                IAsyncResult result;
                using (AutoResetEvent waitHandle = new AutoResetEvent(false))
                {
                    result = blob.BeginSnapshot(ar => waitHandle.Set(), null);
                    waitHandle.WaitOne();
                    CloudBlob snapshot1 = blob.EndSnapshot(result);
                    Assert.AreEqual(blob.Properties.ETag, snapshot1.Properties.ETag);
                    Assert.AreEqual(blob.Properties.LastModified, snapshot1.Properties.LastModified);
                    Assert.IsTrue(snapshot1.IsSnapshot);
                    Assert.IsNotNull(snapshot1.SnapshotTime, "Snapshot does not have SnapshotTime set");
                    Assert.AreEqual(blob.Uri, snapshot1.Uri);
                    Assert.AreNotEqual(blob.SnapshotQualifiedUri, snapshot1.SnapshotQualifiedUri);
                    Assert.AreNotEqual(snapshot1.Uri, snapshot1.SnapshotQualifiedUri);
                    Assert.IsTrue(snapshot1.SnapshotQualifiedUri.Query.Contains("snapshot"));

                    result = blob.BeginSnapshot(ar => waitHandle.Set(), null);
                    waitHandle.WaitOne();
                    CloudBlob snapshot2 = blob.EndSnapshot(result);
                    Assert.IsTrue(snapshot2.SnapshotTime.Value > snapshot1.SnapshotTime.Value);

                    snapshot1.FetchAttributes();
                    snapshot2.FetchAttributes();
                    blob.FetchAttributes();
                    AssertAreEqual(snapshot1.Properties, blob.Properties);

                    CloudBlob snapshotCopy = container.GetBlobReference("blob2");
                    result = snapshotCopy.BeginStartCopy(snapshot1.Uri, null, null, null, null, ar => waitHandle.Set(), null);
                    waitHandle.WaitOne();
                    snapshotCopy.EndStartCopy(result);
                    WaitForCopy(snapshotCopy);
                    Assert.AreEqual(CopyStatus.Success, snapshotCopy.CopyState.Status);

                    result = snapshot1.BeginOpenRead(ar => waitHandle.Set(), null);
                    waitHandle.WaitOne();
                    using (Stream snapshotStream = snapshot1.EndOpenRead(result))
                    {
                        snapshotStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.End);
                        TestHelper.AssertStreamsAreEqual(originalData, snapshotStream);
                    }

                    result = appendBlob.BeginCreateOrReplace(ar => waitHandle.Set(), null);
                    waitHandle.WaitOne();
                    appendBlob.EndCreateOrReplace(result);
                    result = blob.BeginFetchAttributes(ar => waitHandle.Set(), null);
                    waitHandle.WaitOne();
                    blob.EndFetchAttributes(result);

                    result = snapshot1.BeginOpenRead(ar => waitHandle.Set(), null);
                    waitHandle.WaitOne();
                    using (Stream snapshotStream = snapshot1.EndOpenRead(result))
                    {
                        snapshotStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.End);
                        TestHelper.AssertStreamsAreEqual(originalData, snapshotStream);
                    }

                    List <IListBlobItem> blobs = container.ListBlobs(null, true, BlobListingDetails.All, null, null).ToList();
                    Assert.AreEqual(4, blobs.Count);
                    AssertAreEqual(snapshotCopy, (CloudBlob)blobs[0]);
                    AssertAreEqual(snapshot1, (CloudBlob)blobs[1]);
                    AssertAreEqual(snapshot2, (CloudBlob)blobs[2]);
                    AssertAreEqual(blob, (CloudBlob)blobs[3]);
                }
            }
            finally
            {
                container.DeleteIfExists();
            }
        }