Pass argument to AsyncCallback function?

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I'm learning socket programming and I have the following function:

public void OnDataReceived(IAsyncResult asyn)

and this is how the callback gets set:

pfnWorkerCallBack = new AsyncCallback(OnDataReceived);

The problem is I need to pass another argument to OnDataReceived callback function, how can I do this? I'm trying to make a simple tcp server and I need to track from which client the data is coming from. Any tips? Thanks!

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MrMDavidson · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-08T11:51:55.610

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I'm going to presume you're using System.Net.Sockets.Socket here. If you look at the overloads of BeginReceive you'll see the object parameter (named state). You can pass an arbitrary value as this parameter and it will flow through to your AsyncCallback call back. You can then acess it using the AsyncState property of IAsyncResult object passed into your callback. Eg;

public void SomeMethod() {
  int myImportantVariable = 5;
  System.Net.Sockets.Socket s;
  s.BeginReceive(buffer, offset, size, SocketFlags.None, new new AsyncCallback(OnDataReceived), myImportantVariable);
}

private void OnDataReceived(IAsyncResult result) {
  Console.WriteLine("My Important Variable was: {0}", result.AsyncState); // Prints 5
}

edited Feb 08 '12 at 11:51

answered Feb 08 '12 at 11:46

MrMDavidson

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@user1192403 Glad to hear it :) – MrMDavidson Feb 08 '12 at 12:07
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What if we are going to pass multiple parameters? – Vahid Ghadiri Jan 08 '18 at 09:35
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Then you would have to use some kind of container for it; `public class Foo { public int Bar {get;set;} public string Baz {get;set;} }` And then pass an instance of that into the `BeginReceive` method and cast `result.AsyncState` back to that type. – MrMDavidson Jan 14 '18 at 11:12

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '12 at 11:52

This is a problem I prefer to solve with anonymous delegates:

var someDataIdLikeToKeep = new object();
mySocket.BeginBlaBla(some, other, ar => {
        mySocket.EndBlaBla(ar);
        CallSomeFunc(someDataIdLikeToKeep);
    }, null) //no longer passing state as we captured what we need in callback closure

It saves having to cast a state object in the receiving function.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 08 '12 at 11:48

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When you call BeginReceive, you can pass any object as its last parameter. The same object will be made available to your callback through IAsyncResult's AsyncState property.

answered Feb 08 '12 at 11:48

Sergey Kalinichenko

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 13 '20 at 01:37

As MrMDavidson mentioned.

If you look at the overloads of BeginReceive you'll see the object parameter (named state)

You could pass an object array of your desired parameters to the state parameter and then deal with them later in the callback method.

client.BeginConnect(ipEndPoint, new AsyncCallback(ConnectedCallback), new object[] { parameter1, parameter2});

Pass argument to AsyncCallback function?

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