private static void RunQueueCode(PictureEntity picture)
{
Console.WriteLine("\n\nStarting Queue Demo...");
// Parse the connection string and return a reference to the storage account.
CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("StorageConnectionString"));
// Create the queue client.
CloudQueueClient queueClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudQueueClient();
// Get or create the queue
CloudQueue queue = queueClient.GetQueueReference("notifications");
queue.CreateIfNotExists();
// Peek the queue
CloudQueueMessage peekedMessage = queue.PeekMessage();
Console.WriteLine("Top of queue before new message: " +
(peekedMessage == null ? "" : peekedMessage.AsString));
// Create a message and add it to the queue.
CloudQueueMessage message = new CloudQueueMessage("Created picture metadata:\n" +
" Partition Key :" + picture.PartitionKey + "\n" +
" Row Key: " + picture.RowKey + "\n");
queue.AddMessage(message);
Console.WriteLine("Added message to queue: " + message.AsString);
}
private static PictureEntity RunTableCode(CloudBlockBlob blob)
{
Console.WriteLine("\n\nStarting Table Demo...");
// Parse the connection string and return a reference to the storage account.
CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("StorageConnectionString"));
// Create the table client.
CloudTableClient tableClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudTableClient();
// Get or create the table
CloudTable table = tableClient.GetTableReference("pictures");
table.CreateIfNotExists();
PictureEntity picture = new PictureEntity(blob.Name);
picture.FileSize = blob.Properties.Length;
picture.BlobUri = blob.Uri.ToString();
TableOperation insert = TableOperation.Insert(picture);
table.Execute(insert);
Console.WriteLine("'Picture' TableEntity properties: ");
foreach (var prop in picture.GetType().GetProperties())
{
Console.WriteLine(" " + prop.Name + ": " + prop.GetValue(picture, null));
}
Console.WriteLine("\nWrote metadata entity into " + table.Name + " table.");
TableQuery <PictureEntity> query = new TableQuery <PictureEntity>()
.Where(TableQuery.GenerateFilterCondition("PartitionKey", QueryComparisons.Equal, picture.PartitionKey));
Console.WriteLine("Entries for this picture: " + table.ExecuteQuery(query).Count());
return(picture);
}
