Class Async

Runs the Expression in a new thread.

Return type is null.

This json example waits 5 seconds in a async thread, but doesn't block the main thread and returns null:

{ "$Async": { "$Delay": 5000 } }

[JsonConverter(typeof(AsyncConverter))]
public sealed class Async : IExpression

Inherited Members: object.GetType()

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

Constructors

Empty constructor for serialization.

public Async()

Creates an expression that is runs another expression in another thread.

public Async(IExpression? expression)

Gets and sets the expression.

[JsonRootProperty]
public IExpression? Expression { get; set; }

Executes the expression in the given RuntimeContext. Please do not use this method to run an expression. Use ExecuteAsync(IExpression?) instead.

public Task<object?> ExecuteAsync(RuntimeContext context, Type? returnType)

context RuntimeContext: The current runtime context.
returnType Type: The expected return type. Use typeof(object) for a generic result. Use null if you don't need the return value.