Other ways to start a task in an asynchronous manner

Question

What are some other ways to create a task to begin and get a response with the same concept of the code shown below: (Using .Net 4)

var uri = new Uri(website.SiteUrl);
var myReq = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);

var task = Task<WebResponse>.Factory.FromAsync(
                myReq.BeginGetResponse,
                myReq.EndGetResponse,
                null);

Answer 1

If you are using .Net 4.5

var task = myReq.GetResponseAsync();

For .Net 4.0 you can write something like this

public Task<HttpWebResponse> GetAsync(HttpWebRequest req)
{
    var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<HttpWebResponse>();
    req.BeginGetResponse(e =>
        {
            if(e.IsCompleted)
                tcs.TrySetResult((HttpWebResponse)req.EndGetResponse(e));
        }, null);
    return tcs.Task;
}

But I don't see anything better than your current code.