C# Language Tutorial => Await in catch and finally

Example

It is possible to use await expression to apply await operator to Tasks or Task(Of TResult) in the catch and finally blocks in C#6.

It was not possible to use the await expression in the catch and finally blocks in earlier versions due to compiler limitations. C#6 makes awaiting async tasks a lot easier by allowing the await expression.

try
{
    //since C#5
    await service.InitializeAsync();
} 
catch (Exception e)
{
    //since C#6
    await logger.LogAsync(e);
}
finally
{
    //since C#6
    await service.CloseAsync();
}

It was required in C# 5 to use a bool or declare an Exception outside the try catch to perform async operations. This method is shown in the following example:

bool error = false;
Exception ex = null;

try
{
    // Since C#5
    await service.InitializeAsync();
} 
catch (Exception e)
{
    // Declare bool or place exception inside variable
    error = true;
    ex = e;
}

// If you don't use the exception
if (error)
{
    // Handle async task
}

// If want to use information from the exception
if (ex != null)
{
    await logger.LogAsync(e);
}    

// Close the service, since this isn't possible in the finally
await service.CloseAsync();

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