How can CancellationToken be used to cancel asynchronous operations in your project?

CancellationToken in C# is used to cancel asynchronous operations, allowing the task to be properly interrupted upon request.

In a project, you can pass a CancellationToken to methods that support cancellation and check its status within asynchronous code. If the token signals cancellation, the operation should terminate early, releasing resources.

Example of usage:

public async Task LoadDataAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
        await Task.Delay(1000); // simulate work
    }
}

// Call with cancellation support
var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
var task = LoadDataAsync(cts.Token);

// Cancel after 3 seconds
cts.CancelAfter(3000);

try
{
    await task;
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Operation was canceled");
}

This approach allows flexible management of asynchronous task execution time and improves application responsiveness.