根据我的理解,async和await所做的主要事情之一是使代码易于编写和阅读-但使用它们是否等于生成后台线程来执行长时间的逻辑?

我目前正在尝试最基本的例子。我内联添加了一些注释。你能给我解释一下吗?

// I don't understand why this method must be marked as `async`.
private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Task<int> access = DoSomethingAsync();
    // task independent stuff here

    // this line is reached after the 5 seconds sleep from 
    // DoSomethingAsync() method. Shouldn't it be reached immediately? 
    int a = 1; 

    // from my understanding the waiting should be done here.
    int x = await access; 
}

async Task<int> DoSomethingAsync()
{
    // is this executed on a background thread?
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
    return 1;
}

当前回答

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    string result = DownloadContentAsync().Result;
    Console.ReadKey();
}

// You use the async keyword to mark a method for asynchronous operations.
// The "async" modifier simply starts synchronously the current thread. 
// What it does is enable the method to be split into multiple pieces.
// The boundaries of these pieces are marked with the await keyword.
public static async Task<string> DownloadContentAsync()// By convention, the method name ends with "Async
{
    using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
    {
        // When you use the await keyword, the compiler generates the code that checks if the asynchronous operation is finished.
        // If it is already finished, the method continues to run synchronously.
        // If not completed, the state machine will connect a continuation method that must be executed WHEN the Task is completed.


        // Http request example. 
        // (In this example I can set the milliseconds after "sleep=")
        String result = await client.GetStringAsync("http://httpstat.us/200?sleep=1000");

        Console.WriteLine(result);

        // After completing the result response, the state machine will continue to synchronously execute the other processes.


        return result;
    }
}

其他回答

在一个简单的控制台程序中显示上述解释:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        TestAsyncAwaitMethods();
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    public async static void TestAsyncAwaitMethods()
    {
        await LongRunningMethod();
    }

    public static async Task<int> LongRunningMethod()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Starting Long Running method...");
        await Task.Delay(5000);
        Console.WriteLine("End Long Running method...");
        return 1;
    }
}

输出为:

Starting Long Running method...
Press any key to exit...
End Long Running method...

因此,

Main通过TestAsyncAwaitMethods启动长时间运行的方法。这立即返回,而不停止当前线程,我们立即看到'按任何键退出'消息 在此期间,LongRunningMethod一直在后台运行。一旦它完成,来自Threadpool的另一个线程拾取该上下文并显示最终消息

因此,没有线程被阻塞。

我认为你用System.Threading.Thread.Sleep选了一个不好的例子

异步任务的要点是让它在后台执行,而不锁定主线程,例如执行DownloadFileAsync

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep不是“正在完成”的事情,它只是休眠,因此你的下一行在5秒后到达……

阅读这篇文章,我认为它很好地解释了async和await概念:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/hh191443.aspx

使用它们是否等同于生成后台线程来执行长时间的任务 时间逻辑?

这篇文章MDSN:异步编程与async和await (c#)明确解释:

async和await关键字不会引起额外的线程 创建。异步方法不需要多线程,因为Async 方法不在自己的线程上运行。该方法在电流上运行 对象时,才在线程上使用时间 方法是活动的。

下面是通过打开对话框读取excel文件的代码,然后使用async和等待运行异步代码,从excel逐行读取并绑定到网格

namespace EmailBillingRates
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            lblProcessing.Text = "";
        }

        private async void btnReadExcel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string filename = OpenFileDialog();

            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application xlApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook xlWorkbook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(filename);
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Worksheet xlWorksheet = xlWorkbook.Sheets[1];
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range xlRange = xlWorksheet.UsedRange;
            try
            {
                Task<int> longRunningTask = BindGrid(xlRange);
                int result = await longRunningTask;

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString());
            }
            finally
            {
                //cleanup  
               // GC.Collect();
                //GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();

                //rule of thumb for releasing com objects:  
                //  never use two dots, all COM objects must be referenced and released individually  
                //  ex: [somthing].[something].[something] is bad  

                //release com objects to fully kill excel process from running in the background  
                Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlRange);
                Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlWorksheet);

                //close and release  
                xlWorkbook.Close();
                Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlWorkbook);

                //quit and release  
                xlApp.Quit();
                Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlApp);
            }

        }

        private void btnSendEmail_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }

        private string OpenFileDialog()
        {
            string filename = "";
            OpenFileDialog fdlg = new OpenFileDialog();
            fdlg.Title = "Excel File Dialog";
            fdlg.InitialDirectory = @"c:\";
            fdlg.Filter = "All files (*.*)|*.*|All files (*.*)|*.*";
            fdlg.FilterIndex = 2;
            fdlg.RestoreDirectory = true;
            if (fdlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                filename = fdlg.FileName;
            }
            return filename;
        }

        private async Task<int> BindGrid(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range xlRange)
        {
            lblProcessing.Text = "Processing File.. Please wait";
            int rowCount = xlRange.Rows.Count;
            int colCount = xlRange.Columns.Count;

            // dt.Column = colCount;  
            dataGridView1.ColumnCount = colCount;
            dataGridView1.RowCount = rowCount;

            for (int i = 1; i <= rowCount; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 1; j <= colCount; j++)
                {
                    //write the value to the Grid  
                    if (xlRange.Cells[i, j] != null && xlRange.Cells[i, j].Value2 != null)
                    {
                         await Task.Delay(1);
                         dataGridView1.Rows[i - 1].Cells[j - 1].Value =  xlRange.Cells[i, j].Value2.ToString();
                    }

                }
            }
            lblProcessing.Text = "";
            return 0;
        }
    }

    internal class async
    {
    }
}

异步/等待

实际上,Async / Await是一对关键字,它们只是用于创建异步任务回调的语法糖。

举个例子:

public static void DoSomeWork()
{
    var task = Task.Run(() =>
    {
        // [RUNS ON WORKER THREAD]

        // IS NOT bubbling up due to the different threads
        throw new Exception();
        Thread.Sleep(2000);

        return "Hello";
    });

    // This is the callback
    task.ContinueWith((t) => {
        // -> Exception is swallowed silently
        Console.WriteLine("Completed");

        // [RUNS ON WORKER THREAD]
    });
}

上面的代码有几个缺点。错误不会传递,而且很难阅读。 但是Async和Await来帮助我们:

public async static void DoSomeWork()
{
    var result = await Task.Run(() =>
    {
        // [RUNS ON WORKER THREAD]

        // IS bubbling up
        throw new Exception();
        Thread.Sleep(2000);

        return "Hello";
    });

    // every thing below is a callback 
    // (including the calling methods)

    Console.WriteLine("Completed");
}

Await调用必须在Async方法中。这有一些优点:

返回Task的结果 自动创建回调 检查错误并让它们在callstack中冒泡(只适用于callstack中的无等待调用) 等待结果 释放主线程 在主线程上运行回调 使用线程池中的工作线程执行任务 使代码易于阅读 还有更多

注意:Async和Await用于异步调用时不做这些。为此必须使用任务库,如Task. run()。

下面是等待和无等待解决方案之间的比较

这是一个非异步解决方案:

public static long DoTask()
{
    stopWatch.Reset();
    stopWatch.Start();

    // [RUNS ON MAIN THREAD]
    var task = Task.Run(() => {
        Thread.Sleep(2000);
        // [RUNS ON WORKER THREAD]
    });
    // goes directly further
    // WITHOUT waiting until the task is finished

    // [RUNS ON MAIN THREAD]

    stopWatch.Stop();
    // 50 milliseconds
    return stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
}

这是async方法:

public async static Task<long> DoAwaitTask()
{
    stopWatch.Reset();
    stopWatch.Start();

    // [RUNS ON MAIN THREAD]

    await Task.Run(() => {
        Thread.Sleep(2000);
        // [RUNS ON WORKER THREAD]
    });
    // Waits until task is finished

    // [RUNS ON MAIN THREAD]

    stopWatch.Stop();
    // 2050 milliseconds
    return stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
}

实际上,你可以不使用await关键字而调用async方法,但这意味着这里的任何异常都会在释放模式下被吞噬:

public static Stopwatch stopWatch { get; } = new Stopwatch();

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Console.WriteLine("DoAwaitTask: " + DoAwaitTask().Result + " ms");
    // 2050 (2000 more because of the await)
    Console.WriteLine("DoTask: " + DoTask() + " ms");
    // 50
    Console.ReadKey();
}

Async和Await并不用于并行计算。它们用于不阻塞主线程。当涉及asp.net或Windows应用程序时,由于网络调用阻塞主线程是一件糟糕的事情。如果你这样做,你的应用程序将得不到响应,甚至崩溃。

查看微软文档以获得更多的例子。