Equivalent of Task.FromResult() from .NET 4.5 in .NET 4.0

Question

I cant find information about retargeting my code from .NET 4.5 to 4.0. I have to install this application on Windows XP.

my code in .NET 4.5

public async Task <IXLWorksheet> ImportFile(string fileToImport)
{
    ...
    return await Task.FromResult<IXLWorksheet>(Sheet1)
}

In .NET 4.0 method FromResult does not exist. Someone knows how it should looks in .NET 4.0??

Answer 1

You're returning the awaited result of a task, which is constructed on a result. The solution is rather simple - drop the await:

return Sheet1;

The async keyword in the method declaration will take care of wrapping it in a task.

If, for some reason, you need to manually wrap an existing value in a completed task, you can use TaskCompletionSource - it's a bit clunkier than Task.FromResult, but just a bit.

Answer 2

I solved my problem with TaskCompletionSource, here's my code:

 public async Task <IXLWorksheet> ImportFile(string fileToImport)
        {
         ...
                TaskCompletionSource<IXLWorksheet> tcs1 = new TaskCompletionSource<IXLWorksheet>();
                Task<IXLWorksheet> t1 = tcs1.Task;
                tcs1.SetResult(tempFile.Worksheet(1));
                return await t1 ;
        }