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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Alessio Franceschelli
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/SafeSynchronous.sln b/SafeSynchronous.sln
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/SafeSynchronous.sln
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+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio 15
+VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.26730.16
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "src", "src", "{2337F2CB-FB43-4E56-965A-7AA59C7D172E}"
+EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "test", "test", "{83FD9BF7-62C4-4369-A944-20A2F3B74F52}"
+EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "SafeSynchronous", "src\SafeSynchronous\SafeSynchronous.csproj", "{052B946A-81D3-4176-874D-B9875FF22D29}"
+EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SafeSynchronous.Test", "test\SafeSynchronous.Test\SafeSynchronous.Test.csproj", "{20D0CFAD-7EB5-4C0B-9BE9-B66C72B5BBF9}"
+EndProject
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+ GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+ Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+ Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+ EndGlobalSection
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+ SolutionGuid = {E5A589C6-1CE0-44CA-A43E-6C530CB0B938}
+ EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal
diff --git a/src/SafeSynchronous/SafeSynchronous.csproj b/src/SafeSynchronous/SafeSynchronous.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c0504a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SafeSynchronous/SafeSynchronous.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+
+
+ Helper to safely run a Task from a codebase not async.
+ Alessio Franceschelli
+ task async await synchronous run
+ https://github.com/alefranz/SafeSynchronous/blob/master/LICENSE
+ https://github.com/alefranz/SafeSynchronous
+ https://github.com/alefranz/SafeSynchronous.git
+ git
+
+ netstandard1.0;net45
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/SafeSynchronous/SafeSynchronousTask.cs b/src/SafeSynchronous/SafeSynchronousTask.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aa4ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SafeSynchronous/SafeSynchronousTask.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace SafeSynchronous
+{
+ public class SafeSynchronousTask
+ {
+ public static void Run(Func function)
+ {
+ var context = SynchronizationContext.Current;
+ SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(null);
+
+ try
+ {
+ function().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+ }
+ finally
+ {
+ SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(context);
+ }
+ }
+
+ public static T Run(Func> function)
+ {
+ var context = SynchronizationContext.Current;
+ SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(null);
+
+ try
+ {
+ return function().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+ }
+ finally
+ {
+ SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(context);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronous.Test.csproj b/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronous.Test.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21f9d4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronous.Test.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+
+
+ Alessio Franceschelli
+ Alessio Franceschelli
+
+
+ netcoreapp2.0
+
+ false
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronousTaskTTest.cs b/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronousTaskTTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65d505f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronousTaskTTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Moq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SafeSynchronous.Test
+{
+ public class SafeSynchronousTaskTTest : SafeSynchronousTaskTestBase
+ {
+ [Fact]
+ public void RunTaskT()
+ {
+ async Task SampleTask() => await Task.FromResult(true);
+
+ var result = SafeSynchronousTask.Run(SampleTask);
+
+ Assert.True(result);
+ VerifyContextCalled(Times.Never);
+ }
+
+ [Fact]
+ public void RunTaskTUnwrapException()
+ {
+ Assert.Throws(() => SafeSynchronousTask.Run(SampleFaultedTaskT));
+ }
+
+ [Fact]
+ public void EnsureTaskTTestSetupCorectly()
+ {
+ var result = SampleTaskT().Result;
+
+ Assert.True(result);
+ VerifyContextCalled(Times.Once);
+ }
+
+ [Fact]
+ public void EnsureFaultedTaskTTestSetupCorectly()
+ {
+ Assert.Throws(() => SampleFaultedTaskT().Wait());
+ }
+
+ private static async Task SampleTaskT()
+ {
+ await Task.Yield();
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ private static Task SampleFaultedTaskT() => Task.FromException(new Exception());
+ }
+}
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diff --git a/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronousTaskTest.cs b/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronousTaskTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce5bc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronousTaskTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Moq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SafeSynchronous.Test
+{
+ public class SafeSynchronousTaskTest : SafeSynchronousTaskTestBase
+ {
+ [Fact]
+ public void RunTask()
+ {
+ SafeSynchronousTask.Run(SampleTask);
+
+ VerifyContextCalled(Times.Never);
+ }
+
+ [Fact]
+ public void RunTaskUnwrapException()
+ {
+ Assert.Throws(() => SafeSynchronousTask.Run(SampleFaultedTask));
+ }
+
+ [Fact]
+ public void EnsureTaskTestSetupCorectly()
+ {
+ async Task SampleTask() => await Task.Yield();
+
+ SampleTask().Wait();
+
+ VerifyContextCalled(Times.Once);
+ }
+
+ [Fact]
+ public void EnsureFaultedTestSetupCorectly()
+ {
+ Assert.Throws(() => SampleFaultedTask().Wait());
+ }
+
+ private static async Task SampleTask() => await Task.Yield();
+ private static Task SampleFaultedTask() => Task.FromException(new Exception());
+ }
+}
diff --git a/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronousTaskTestBase.cs b/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronousTaskTestBase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a45e81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/SafeSynchronous.Test/SafeSynchronousTaskTestBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using Moq;
+
+namespace SafeSynchronous.Test
+{
+ public class SafeSynchronousTaskTestBase : IDisposable
+ {
+ private readonly Mock _synchronizationContext;
+ private readonly SynchronizationContext _testFrameworkSynchronizationContext;
+
+ public SafeSynchronousTaskTestBase()
+ {
+ _synchronizationContext = new Mock {CallBase = true};
+
+ _testFrameworkSynchronizationContext = SynchronizationContext.Current;
+ SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(_synchronizationContext.Object);
+ }
+
+ protected void VerifyContextCalled(Func times)
+ {
+ _synchronizationContext.Verify(context => context.Post(It.IsAny(), It.IsAny