public static BlogPost SafeRetrievePost(PostInfo postInfo, int timeoutMs)
{
try
{
// null for invalid blogs
if (!BlogSettings.BlogIdIsValid(postInfo.BlogId))
{
return(null);
}
// null if the user can't authenticate
using (Blog blog = new Blog(postInfo.BlogId))
{
if (!blog.VerifyCredentials())
{
return(null);
}
}
// fire up the get post thread
GetPostThread getPostThread = new GetPostThread(postInfo);
Thread thread = ThreadHelper.NewThread(new ThreadStart(getPostThread.ThreadMain), "GetPostThread", true, false, true);
thread.Start();
// wait for it to complete
thread.Join(timeoutMs);
// return the post if we successfully got one
BlogPost blogPost = getPostThread.BlogPost;
if (blogPost != null)
{
// Clone in case there are ever issues sharing these accross threads
// (not aware of any right now)
return(blogPost.Clone() as BlogPost);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
catch
{
return(null);
}
}
public static BlogPost SafeRetrievePost(PostInfo postInfo, int timeoutMs)
{
try
{
// null for invalid blogs
if (!BlogSettings.BlogIdIsValid(postInfo.BlogId))
return null;
// null if the user can't authenticate
using (Blog blog = new Blog(postInfo.BlogId))
{
if (!blog.VerifyCredentials())
return null;
}
// fire up the get post thread
GetPostThread getPostThread = new GetPostThread(postInfo);
Thread thread = ThreadHelper.NewThread(new ThreadStart(getPostThread.ThreadMain), "GetPostThread", true, false, true);
thread.Start();
// wait for it to complete
thread.Join(timeoutMs);
// return the post if we successfully got one
BlogPost blogPost = getPostThread.BlogPost;
if (blogPost != null)
{
// Clone in case there are ever issues sharing these accross threads
// (not aware of any right now)
return blogPost.Clone() as BlogPost;
}
else
{
return null;
}
}
catch
{
return null;
}
}
