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// <Snippet5>
/*
The following example demonstrates using asynchronous methods to
get Domain Name System information for the specified host computer.
*/
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Threading;
using System.Collections;
namespace Examples.AdvancedProgramming.AsynchronousOperations
{
// Create a state object that holds each requested host name,
// an associated IPHostEntry object or a SocketException.
public class HostRequest
{
// Stores the requested host name.
private string hostName;
// Stores any SocketException returned by the Dns EndGetHostByName method.
private SocketException e;
// Stores an IPHostEntry returned by the Dns EndGetHostByName method.
private IPHostEntry entry;
public HostRequest(string name)
{
hostName = name;
}
public string HostName
{
get
{
return hostName;
}
}
public SocketException ExceptionObject
{
get
{
return e;
}
set
{
e = value;
}
}
public IPHostEntry HostEntry
{
get
{
return entry;
}
set
{
entry = value;
}
}
}
public class UseDelegateAndStateForAsyncCallback
{
// The number of pending requests.
static int requestCounter;
static ArrayList hostData = new ArrayList();
static void UpdateUserInterface()
{
// Print a message to indicate that the application
// is still working on the remaining requests.
Console.WriteLine("{0} requests remaining.", requestCounter);
}
public static void Main()
{
// Create the delegate that will process the results of the
// asynchronous request.
AsyncCallback callBack = new AsyncCallback(ProcessDnsInformation);
string host;
do
{
Console.Write(" Enter the name of a host computer or <enter> to finish: ");
host = Console.ReadLine();
if (host.Length > 0)
{
// Increment the request counter in a thread safe manner.
Interlocked.Increment(ref requestCounter);
// Create and store the state object for this request.
HostRequest request = new HostRequest(host);
hostData.Add(request);
// Start the asynchronous request for DNS information.
Dns.BeginGetHostEntry(host, callBack, request);
}
} while (host.Length > 0);
// The user has entered all of the host names for lookup.
// Now wait until the threads complete.
while (requestCounter > 0)
{
UpdateUserInterface();
}
// Display the results.
foreach(HostRequest r in hostData)
{
if (r.ExceptionObject != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Request for host {0} returned the following error: {1}.",
r.HostName, r.ExceptionObject.Message);
}
else
{
// Get the results.
IPHostEntry h = r.HostEntry;
string[] aliases = h.Aliases;
IPAddress[] addresses = h.AddressList;
if (aliases.Length > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("Aliases for {0}", r.HostName);
for (int j = 0; j < aliases.Length; j++)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}", aliases[j]);
}
}
if (addresses.Length > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("Addresses for {0}", r.HostName);
for (int k = 0; k < addresses.Length; k++)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}",addresses[k].ToString());
}
}
}
}
}
// The following method is invoked when each asynchronous operation completes.
static void ProcessDnsInformation(IAsyncResult result)
{
// Get the state object associated with this request.
HostRequest request = (HostRequest) result.AsyncState;
try
{
// Get the results and store them in the state object.
IPHostEntry host = Dns.EndGetHostEntry(result);
request.HostEntry = host;
}
catch (SocketException e)
{
// Store any SocketExceptions.
request.ExceptionObject = e;
}
finally
{
// Decrement the request counter in a thread-safe manner.
Interlocked.Decrement(ref requestCounter);
}
}
}
}
// </Snippet5>