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    Posted: 23-Dec-2010 at 8:22am
Yes, you can return whatever you want.
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Can I return an observablecollection from a Coroutine?
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If you're returning an EntityQueryOperation<EventStepType> from the Coroutine, then grab its Results -
   var op = steps.Result as EntityQueryOperation<EventStepType>;
   var results = op.Results;
 
I'm wondering why the return from the Coroutine is an EntityQueryOperation; it might be a bit simpler to return just the desired results from it, not a *Operation.
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My code calls a Coroutine which performs a couple of queries and calculations and finally returns
 
Ideablade.EntityModel.CoRoutineOperation. Which in this case is assigned to step in the following piece of code.
 

var steps = Coroutine.Start(() => AvailableStepsSelector.RetrieveAvailableSteps(currentEvent));

steps.Completed += (sender, args) => {

if (args.CompletedSuccessfully) {

    var type = steps.Result.GetType();          // type = Ideablade.EntityModel.EntityQueryOperation [EventStepType]

    var results = steps.Result as IEnumerable<EventStepType>;  // before the assignment 25 rows --- after null

    ResetStepTypesList(results);

}

When I do a GetType() on steps.Result, I get an Ideablade.EntityModel.EntityQueryOperation [EventStepType], which is fine. On the very next line I cast steps.Result as IEnumerable<EventStepType> and the assign it to results, thinking that results will now hold the returned data. WRONG, it is null. My ultimate goal is to pass results to ResetStepTypesList where I will do the following
 
public void ResetStepTypesList(IEnumerable<EventStepType stepTypes)
{
   StepTypes.Clear();                    //StepTypes is an ObservableCollection of EventStepType
   StepTypes.ForEach(results.Add);
}
 
What am I doing wrong here between steps.Result and var results?
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