How to restart/reuse a recurring Task?

Question

I have a long-running Task that I\'ve implemented using the Task Parallel Library. When the Task starts, I grab snapshots of several input values and collections then perfo

Answer 1

You could also refactor program logic to use function pointers (or delegates in VB.NET).

Answer 2

You can't start again an existing Task. So you have two options:

1. Start a new Task. This is probably cleaner.
2. Run an loop in your Task that checks whether something changed since the last time and if it does, starts a new iteration.

Answer 3

Create a new task.

As http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd270682.aspx points out, trying to restart a running or completed Task is not supported. It is rarely a good idea to do something that normally throws an exception, and re-using a Task is one of those things.