CloudBlobContainer.DeleteIfExistsAsync Method ()

Windows Runtime Azure Storage Client Library

Deletes the container if it already exists.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.Blob
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.dll)

Usage

Visual Basic
Dim instance As CloudBlobContainer
Dim returnValue As IAsyncOperation(Of Boolean)

returnValue = instance.DeleteIfExistsAsync

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function DeleteIfExistsAsync As IAsyncOperation(Of Boolean)
C#
public IAsyncOperation<bool> DeleteIfExistsAsync ()
C++
public:
IAsyncOperation<bool>^ DeleteIfExistsAsync ()
J#
public IAsyncOperation<boolean> DeleteIfExistsAsync ()
JScript
public function DeleteIfExistsAsync () : IAsyncOperation<boolean>

Return Value

true if the container already existed and was deleted; otherwise, false.

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

Target Platforms

See Also