c# - How to call wcf service Asynchronously

Question

if wcf service is design the below way then please guide me how call Add() function Asynchronously from client side. thanks

[ServiceContract]
public interface IAddTwoNumbers
{
    // If the asynchronous method pair
    // appears on the client channel, the client can call 
    // them asynchronously to prevent blocking.
    [OperationContract (AsyncPattern=true)]
    IAsyncResult BeginAdd(int a, int b, AsyncCallback cb, AsyncState s);

    [OperationContract]
    int EndAdd(IAsyncResult r);

    // This is a synchronous version of the BeginAdd/EndAdd pair.
    // It appears in the client channel code by default. 
    [OperationContract]
    int Add(int a, int b);
   }

Answer 1

I think the best way is to convert the APM pattern into the Task pattern, using Task.Factory.FromAsync:

public static class WcfExt
{
    public static Task<int> AddAsync(this IAddTwoNumbers service, int a, int b)
    {
        return Task.Factory.FromAsync(
             (asyncCallback, asyncState) =>
                 service.BeginAdd(a, b, asyncCallback, asyncState),
             (asyncResult) =>
                 service.EndAdd(asyncResult), null);
    }
}

Usage:

IAddTwoNumbers service = CreateWcfClientProxy();
int result = await service.AddAsync(a, b);