TryTakeFromAny Method (BlockingCollection(T)[], T)

Attempts to remove an item from any one of the specified BlockingCollection<(Of <(T>)>) instances.

Namespace: System.Collections.Concurrent
Assembly: System.Threading (in System.Threading.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function TryTakeFromAny ( _ collections As BlockingCollection(Of T)(), _ <OutAttribute> ByRef item As T _ ) As Integer

C#
public static int TryTakeFromAny( BlockingCollection<T>[] collections, out T item )

collections: Type: array< System.Collections.Concurrent..::.BlockingCollection<(Of <(T>)>) >[]()[]
The array of collections.

The index of the collection in the collections array from which the item was removed, or -1 if an item could not be removed.

A call to TryTakeFromAny may block until an item is available to be removed.

Exception	Condition
System..::.ArgumentNullException	The collections argument is null.
System..::.ArgumentException	The collections argument is a 0-length array or contains a null element.
System..::.ObjectDisposedException	At least one of the BlockingCollection<(Of <(T>)>) instances has been disposed.
System..::.InvalidOperationException	At least one of the underlying collections was modified outside of its BlockingCollection<(Of <(T>)>) instance.
System..::.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The count of collections is greater than the maximum size of 62 for STA and 63 for MTA.