/// <summary>
/// Perform a blog operation with a timeout. If the operation could not be completed for any reason (including
/// an invalid blog, no credentials, a network error, or a timeout) then null is returned.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="owner"></param>
/// <param name="blogId"></param>
/// <param name="operation"></param>
/// <param name="timeoutMs"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static object PerformBlogOperationWithTimeout(string blogId, BlogClientOperation operation, int timeoutMs, bool verifyCredentials)
{
try
{
// null for invalid blogs
if (!BlogSettings.BlogIdIsValid(blogId))
{
return(null);
}
// null if the user can't authenticate
if (verifyCredentials)
{
using (Blog blog = new Blog(blogId))
{
if (!blog.VerifyCredentials())
{
return(null);
}
}
}
// fire up the thread
BlogClientOperationThread operationThread = new BlogClientOperationThread(blogId, operation);
Thread thread = ThreadHelper.NewThread(new ThreadStart(operationThread.ThreadMain), "BlogClientOperationThread", true, false, true);
thread.Start();
// wait for it to complete
thread.Join(timeoutMs);
// return the result
return(operationThread.Result);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.WriteLine("Exception occurred performing BlogOperation: " + ex.ToString());
return(null);
}
}
public BlogClientOperationThread(string blogId, BlogClientOperation operation)
{
_blogId = blogId;
_operation = operation;
}
public static object PerformBlogOperationWithTimeout(string blogId, BlogClientOperation operation, int timeoutMs)
{
return(PerformBlogOperationWithTimeout(blogId, operation, timeoutMs, true));
}
public BlogClientOperationThread(string blogId, BlogClientOperation operation)
{
_blogId = blogId;
_operation = operation;
}
/// <summary>
/// Perform a blog operation with a timeout. If the operation could not be completed for any reason (including
/// an invalid blog, no credentials, a network error, or a timeout) then null is returned.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="owner"></param>
/// <param name="blogId"></param>
/// <param name="operation"></param>
/// <param name="timeoutMs"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static object PerformBlogOperationWithTimeout(string blogId, BlogClientOperation operation, int timeoutMs, bool verifyCredentials)
{
try
{
// null for invalid blogs
if (!BlogSettings.BlogIdIsValid(blogId))
return null;
// null if the user can't authenticate
if (verifyCredentials)
{
using (Blog blog = new Blog(blogId))
{
if (!blog.VerifyCredentials())
return null;
}
}
// fire up the thread
BlogClientOperationThread operationThread = new BlogClientOperationThread(blogId, operation);
Thread thread = ThreadHelper.NewThread(new ThreadStart(operationThread.ThreadMain), "BlogClientOperationThread", true, false, true);
thread.Start();
// wait for it to complete
thread.Join(timeoutMs);
// return the result
return operationThread.Result;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.WriteLine("Exception occurred performing BlogOperation: " + ex.ToString());
return null;
}
}
public static object PerformBlogOperationWithTimeout(string blogId, BlogClientOperation operation, int timeoutMs)
{
return PerformBlogOperationWithTimeout(blogId, operation, timeoutMs, true);
}
