I have some code That Runs a Task to return a dictionary ... but sometimes i need it to return both the dictionary and a cookiecontainer with cookies ... here's the code
static public async Task<Dictionary<String,String>> login(string server, string id, string pw)
{
CookieContainer cookies = new CookieContainer();
HttpWebRequest newRequest = GetNewRequest(server, cookies);
Dictionary<string, string> dictionary2 = new Dictionary<string, string>();
dictionary2.Add("name", id);
dictionary2.Add("password", pw);
dictionary2.Add("uni_url", server);
Dictionary<string, string> parameters = dictionary2;
HttpWebResponse response = await MakeRequest(newRequest, cookies, "login", server, parameters);
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
if (!reader.EndOfStream)
{
Dictionary<String, String> answer = new Dictionary<string, string>();
answer.Add("HTML", reader.ReadToEnd());
return answer;// here i need it to return CookieContainer .
}
}
Dictionary<String, String> answerFailed = new Dictionary<string, string>();
answerFailed.Add("LoginFailed", "LoginFailed! No Internet Connection!");
return answerFailed;
}
my question : How do I return two different things from the same method?
If you can change method you can use Tuple<T1,T2>
To return two values from task:
static public async Task<Tuple<Dictionary<String,String>,CookieContainer>> login(string server, string id, string pw)
{
CookieContainer cookies = new CookieContainer();
Dictionary<string, string> dictionary2 = new Dictionary<string, string>();
// create result tuple
var result = Touple.create(dictionary2,cookies);
return result;
}