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jamesnovak_1275
Nimbostratus
Nimbostratusset_state() method, synchronous or asynchronous?
F5 Networks product : BIG IP, 520 - iControl
· Version of the product : 4.5 PTF-03 Build 2
we have a .NET application, making SOAP calls to the iControl components...
when i make the set_state() method call to the node, is the call synchronous or asynchronous? so can i rely on the state being changed immediately after the set_state() method call, or do i have to wait for a short period, checking the status?
i noticed that the SOAP wrapper classes had the async methods, but they were not listed in the SDK documentation, so i am assuming those are standard methods generated by the Microsoft.VSDesigner tool.
Jim Novak
Software Engineer
jnovak@visicu.com
2 Replies
- On almost all* the methods, things are done synchronously. That is, a message is written to the configuration system that updates the status and you're returned the status of this update.
*things that might be "race-condition-ish": failover (the WSDL states this explicitly) and adding or deleting a proxy (though we possibly wait for proxyd to restart before returning, I don't know for sure; it would generally be a race you'd win everytime unless there are scads of proxies). 
jamesnovak_1275awesome. thanks for the info. i wanted to avoid having to loop and check the status, sound like is should be fine.
Jim Novak
