CloudQueue.ApproximateMessageCount Property

Storage Client Library NET API

[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 the approximate message count for the queue.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)

Usage

Visual Basic
Dim instance As CloudQueue
Dim value As Nullable(Of Integer)

value = instance.ApproximateMessageCount

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Property ApproximateMessageCount As Nullable(Of Integer)
C#
public Nullable<int> ApproximateMessageCount { get; }
C++
public:
property Nullable<int> ApproximateMessageCount {
	Nullable<int> get ();
}
J#
JScript

Property Value

Type: System.Nullable

The approximate message count.

Remarks

To specify the lifespan of the approximate message count cache, set the ApproximateMessageCountCacheLength property. Messages that have been accessed with the GetMessage or GetMessages methods are included in this count unless they are deleted by using the DeleteMessage method.


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.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

See Also