Question

I have a situation in my code where i’m starting unknown number of tasks and would like to use Task.WaitAll().

something like this:

if (condition) 
{ 
    var task1 = Task.Factory.StartNew (call the web service1...);
} 

if (condition) 
{ 
    var task2 = Task.Factory.StartNew (call the web service2...);
}

if (condition) 
{ 
    var task3 = Task.Factory.StartNew (call the web service3...); 
}

Task.WaitAll(task1, task2, task3);

The problem is that i can’t say

Task.WaitAll(task1, task2 , task3)

because i don’t know which one of them will actually start.
Any idea for a solution?

Answer 1

You can use the list of Tasks and add your tasks into list dynamically:

var tasks = new List<Task>();

if (condition) 
{ 
    var task = Task.Factory.StartNew (call the web service1...);
    tasks.Add(task);
} 

if (condition) 
{ 
    var task2 = Task.Factory.StartNew (call the web service2...);
     tasks.Add(task2);
}

if (condition) { 
    var task3 = Task.Factory.StartNew (call the web service3...); 
    tasks.Add(task3);
}

Task.WaitAll(tasks.ToArray());