c# webservice async

Question

I need to call a webservice but I dont care if I get need a response or the service is down (fire and forget). Im currentlly using a try catch to compe with this.

My Question Is there a better way?

Thanks Sp

Bit more detail. I dont want the call to fail even if the webservice is down

is this the same as http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1556353/fire-and-forget-asynch-asp-net-method-call — Conrad Frix, Oct 25 '10 at 18:56

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '10 at 19:31

This would be a great case for one-way or "fire and forget" serivces:

[ServiceContract]
interface IMyContract
{
   [OperationContract(IsOneWay = true)]
   void MyMethod()
}

Leaves the client with no need to mess with async hoo-ha, just make the call and get on with life.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '10 at 18:58

   string webServ = "addressofwebservice";
   AsyncCallback asyncCall = new AsyncCallback(CallBack);
   webServ.BeginSomeFunkyMethod(data, asyncCall, webServ);

...

private void CallbackSampleMethod(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
{
   if(asyncResult != null)
   {
       doFunkyStuff();
   }
   // else I really don't care...
}

How about that ?

c# webservice async

2 Answers2