[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See
Storage Client Library for the latest version.]
Gets a reference to the queue at the specified address.
Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)
Usage
| Visual Basic |
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Dim instance As CloudQueueClient
Dim queueAddress As String
Dim returnValue As CloudQueue
returnValue = instance.GetQueueReference(queueAddress) |
Syntax
| Visual Basic |
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Public Function GetQueueReference ( _
queueAddress As String _
) As CloudQueue |
| C# |
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public CloudQueue GetQueueReference (
string queueAddress
) |
| C++ |
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public:
CloudQueue^ GetQueueReference (
String^ queueAddress
) |
Parameters
- queueAddress
Type: System.String
Either the name of the queue, or the absolute URI to the queue.
Return Value
Type:
Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.CloudQueueA reference to the queue.
Example
The following code example gets a reference to a queue and creates it if it does not exist.
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static void CreateQueue(Uri queueEndpoint, string accountName, string accountKey)
{
//Create service client for credentialed access to the Queue service.
CloudQueueClient queueClient = new CloudQueueClient(queueEndpoint, new StorageCredentialsAccountAndKey(accountName, accountKey));
//Get a reference to a queue in this storage account.
CloudQueue queue = queueClient.GetQueueReference("myqueue");
//Check whether the queue exists, and create it if it does not.
if (!queue.Exists())
{
queue.Create();
}
}
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Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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