How do do an async ServiceController.WaitForStatus?

Question

So ServiceController.WaitForStatus is a blocking call. How can it be done Task/Async manner?

Answer 1

The code for ServiceController.WaitForStatus is:

public void WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout)
{
    DateTime utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow;
    this.Refresh();
    while (this.Status != desiredStatus)
    {
        if (DateTime.UtcNow - utcNow > timeout)
        {
            throw new TimeoutException(Res.GetString("Timeout"));
        }
        Thread.Sleep(250);
        this.Refresh();
    }
}

This can be converted to a task based api using the following:

public static class ServiceControllerExtensions
{
    public static async Task WaitForStatusAsync(this ServiceController controller, ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout)
    {
        var utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow;
        controller.Refresh();
        while (controller.Status != desiredStatus)
        {
            if (DateTime.UtcNow - utcNow > timeout)
            {
                throw new TimeoutException($"Failed to wait for '{controller.ServiceName}' to change status to '{desiredStatus}'.");
            }
            await Task.Delay(250)
                .ConfigureAwait(false);
            controller.Refresh();
        }
    }
}

Or with support for a CancellationToken

public static class ServiceControllerExtensions
{
    public static async Task WaitForStatusAsync(this ServiceController controller, ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        var utcNow = DateTime.UtcNow;
        controller.Refresh();
        while (controller.Status != desiredStatus)
        {
            if (DateTime.UtcNow - utcNow > timeout)
            {
                throw new TimeoutException($"Failed to wait for '{controller.ServiceName}' to change status to '{desiredStatus}'.");
            }
            await Task.Delay(250, cancellationToken)
                .ConfigureAwait(false);
            controller.Refresh();
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

Write an extension method and make async with Task.Run(...)

public static class ServiceControllerExtensions
{
    public static async Task<ServiceControllerStatus>
        WaitForStatusAsync(
            this ServiceController controller,
            ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus,
            int timeoutInSeconds)
    {

        _ = await Task.Run(() => controller.TryWaitForStatus(desiredStatus, timeoutInSeconds))
            .ConfigureAwait(false);

        return controller.Status;
    }

    private static bool TryWaitForStatus(this ServiceController controller, ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, int timeoutInSeconds = 10)
    {
        var timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeoutInSeconds);
        try
        {
            controller.WaitForStatus(desiredStatus, timeout);
            return true;
        }
        catch(System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException)
        {
            controller.Refresh();
            return false;
        }
    }
}