Explanation
await sourceStream.WriteAsync(encodedText, 0, encodedText.Length);
The following example has the statement await sourceStream.WriteAsync(encodedText, 0, encodedText.Length);, which is a contraction of the following two statements:
Task theTask = sourceStream.WriteAsync(encodedText, 0, encodedText.Length); await theTask; Example: The following example writes text to a file. At each await statement, the method immediately exits.
When the file I/O is complete, the method resumes at the statement that follows the await statement. Note that the async modifier is in the definition of methods that use the await statement.
public async void ProcessWrite()
{
string filePath = @"temp2.txt";
string text = "Hello World\r\n";
await WriteTextAsync(filePath, text);
}
private async Task WriteTextAsync(string filePath, string text)
{
byte[] encodedText = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(text);
using (FileStream sourceStream = new FileStream(filePath,
FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None,
bufferSize: 4096, useAsync: true))
{
await sourceStream.WriteAsync(encodedText, 0, encodedText.Length);
};
}
Reference: Using Async for File Access (C# and Visual Basic)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj155757.aspx