var changedEntityNames = ctx.ChangeTracker
                                      .Entries()
                                      .Where(x => x.State == EntityState.Added ||
                                                  x.State == EntityState.Modified ||
                                                  x.State == EntityState.Deleted)
                                      .Select(x => ObjectContext.GetObjectType(x.Entity.GetType()).FullName)
                                      .Distinct()
                                      .ToList();

public abstract class BaseEntity
{
    public int Id { set; get; }
}

public class User : BaseEntity
{
        public string Name { set; get; }
 
        public virtual ICollection<Advertisement> Advertisements { get; set; }
}

public class Advertisement : BaseEntity
{
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
 
    [ForeignKey("UserId")]
    public virtual User User { get; set; }
    public int UserId { get; set; }
}

public class AdvertisementViewModel
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public int UserId { get; set; }
}
 
public class UserViewModel
{
    public int Id { set; get; }
    public string Name { set; get; }
    public List<AdvertisementViewModel> Advertisements { get; set; }
}

this.CreateMap<AdvertisementViewModel, Advertisement>()
      .ForMember(advertisement => advertisement.Description, opt => opt.Ignore())
      .ForMember(advertisement => advertisement.User, opt => opt.Ignore());

var uiUser1 = new UserViewModel
{
    Id = 1,
    Name = "user 1",
    Advertisements = new List<AdvertisementViewModel>
    {
        new AdvertisementViewModel
        {
            Id = 1,
            Title = "Adv 1",
            UserId = 1
        },
        new AdvertisementViewModel
        {
            Id = 2,
            Title = "Adv 2",
            UserId = 1
        }
    }
};

 var dbUser1 = ctx.Users.Include(user => user.Advertisements).First(x => x.Id == uiUser1.Id);
Mapper.Map(source: uiUser1, destination: dbUser1);

 this.CreateMap<UserViewModel, User>()

this.CreateMap<UserViewModel, User>().ForMember(user => user.Advertisements, opt => opt.Ignore());

using (var ctx = new MyContext())
{
    var dbUser1 = ctx.Users.Include(user => user.Advertisements).First(x => x.Id == uiUser1.Id);
    Mapper.Map(source: uiUser1, destination: dbUser1);
 
    foreach (var uiUserAdvertisement in uiUser1.Advertisements)
    {
        var dbUserAdvertisement = dbUser1.Advertisements.FirstOrDefault(ad => ad.Id == uiUserAdvertisement.Id);
        if (dbUserAdvertisement == null)
        {
            // Add new record
            var advertisement = Mapper.Map<AdvertisementViewModel, Advertisement>(uiUserAdvertisement);
            dbUser1.Advertisements.Add(advertisement);
        }
        else
        {
            // Update the existing record
            Mapper.Map(uiUserAdvertisement, dbUserAdvertisement);
        }
    }
 
    ctx.SaveChanges();
}

using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Async07
{
    public class EggBoiler
    {
        private const int BoilingTimeMs = 200;

        private static Task boilEgg()
        {
            var bolingTask = Task.Run(() =>
            {
                Task.Delay(BoilingTimeMs);
            });
            return bolingTask;
        }

        public async Task BoilEggsSequentialAsync(int count)
        {
            for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
            {
                await boilEgg();
            }
        }

        public async Task BoilEggsSimultaneousAsync(int count)
        {
            var tasksList = from egg in new[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }
                            select boilEgg();
            await Task.WhenAll(tasksList);
            // ...
        }
    }
}

    public class Downloader
    {
        private Task<string> downloadTask(string url)
        {
            return new WebClient().DownloadStringTaskAsync(url);
        }

        public async Task<int> GetTemperature()
        {
            var sites = new[]
            {
                "http://www.site1.com/svc",
                "http://www.site2.com/svc",
                "http://www.site3.com/svc",
            };
            var tasksList = from site in sites
                            select downloadTask(site);
            try
            {
                var finishedTask = await Task.WhenAny(tasksList);
                var result = await finishedTask;

            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {

            }

            // todo: process result, get temperature
            return 10; // for example.
        }
    }

            foreach (var task in tasksList)
            {
                var ignored = task.ContinueWith(
                    t => Console.WriteLine(t.Exception), TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);
            }

            // or
            foreach (var task in tasksList)
            {
                var ignored = task.ContinueWith(
                    t =>
                    {
                        if (t.IsFaulted)
                            Console.WriteLine(t.Exception);
                    });
            }

        public async Task ShowTemperatures()
        {
            var sites = new[]
            {
                "http://www.site1.com/svc",
                "http://www.site2.com/svc",
                "http://www.site3.com/svc",
            };
            var tasksList = sites.Select(site => downloadTask(site)).ToList();

            while (tasksList.Any())
            {
                try
                {
                    var tempTask = await Task.WhenAny(tasksList);
                    tasksList.Remove(tempTask);

                    var result = await tempTask;
                    //todo: show result
                }
                catch(Exception ex) { }
            }
        }

 byte [] buffer = new byte[0x1000];
int numRead;
while((numRead = await source.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length).ConfigureAwait(false)) > 0)
{
  await source.WriteAsync(buffer, 0, numRead).ConfigureAwait(false);
}

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