refactor: Use ValueTask on plumbing methods

README.md

@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ dotnet add package OpenFeature
 public async Task Example()
 {
     // Register your feature flag provider
-    await Api.Instance.SetProvider(new InMemoryProvider());
+    await Api.Instance.SetProviderAsync(new InMemoryProvider());
 
     // Create a new client
     FeatureClient client = Api.Instance.GetClient();
 
     // Evaluate your feature flag
-    bool v2Enabled = await client.GetBooleanValue("v2_enabled", false);
+    bool v2Enabled = await client.GetBooleanValueAsync("v2_enabled", false);
 
     if ( v2Enabled )
     {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ If the provider you're looking for hasn't been created yet, see the [develop a p
 Once you've added a provider as a dependency, it can be registered with OpenFeature like this:
 
 ```csharp
-await Api.Instance.SetProvider(new MyProvider());
+await Api.Instance.SetProviderAsync(new MyProvider());
 ```
 
 In some situations, it may be beneficial to register multiple providers in the same application.
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ builder = EvaluationContext.Builder();
 builder.Set("region", "us-east-1");
 EvaluationContext reqCtx = builder.Build();
 
-bool flagValue = await client.GetBooleanValue("some-flag", false, reqCtx);
+bool flagValue = await client.GetBooleanValueAsync("some-flag", false, reqCtx);
 
 ```
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ var client = Api.Instance.GetClient();
 client.AddHooks(new ExampleClientHook());
 
 // add a hook for this evaluation only
-var value = await client.GetBooleanValue("boolFlag", false, context, new FlagEvaluationOptions(new ExampleInvocationHook()));
+var value = await client.GetBooleanValueAsync("boolFlag", false, context, new FlagEvaluationOptions(new ExampleInvocationHook()));
 ```
 
 ### Logging
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ EventHandlerDelegate callback = EventHandler;
 var myClient = Api.Instance.GetClient("my-client");
 
 var provider = new ExampleProvider();
-await Api.Instance.SetProvider(myClient.GetMetadata().Name, provider);
+await Api.Instance.SetProviderAsync(myClient.GetMetadata().Name, provider);
 
 myClient.AddHandler(ProviderEventTypes.ProviderReady, callback);
 ```
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ The OpenFeature API provides a close function to perform a cleanup of all regist
 
 ```csharp
 // Shut down all providers
-await Api.Instance.Shutdown();
+await Api.Instance.ShutdownAsync();
 ```
 
 ## Extending
@@ -254,27 +254,27 @@ public class MyProvider : FeatureProvider
         return new Metadata("My Provider");
     }
 
-    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<bool>> ResolveBooleanValue(string flagKey, bool defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null)
+    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<bool>> ResolveBooleanValueAsync(string flagKey, bool defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         // resolve a boolean flag value
     }
 
-    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<double>> ResolveDoubleValue(string flagKey, double defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null)
+    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<double>> ResolveDoubleValueAsync(string flagKey, double defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         // resolve a double flag value
     }
 
-    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<int>> ResolveIntegerValue(string flagKey, int defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null)
+    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<int>> ResolveIntegerValueAsync(string flagKey, int defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         // resolve an int flag value
     }
 
-    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<string>> ResolveStringValue(string flagKey, string defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null)
+    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<string>> ResolveStringValueAsync(string flagKey, string defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         // resolve a string flag value
     }
 
-    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<Value>> ResolveStructureValue(string flagKey, Value defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null)
+    public override Task<ResolutionDetails<Value>> ResolveStructureValueAsync(string flagKey, Value defaultValue, EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         // resolve an object flag value
     }
@@ -286,30 +286,30 @@ public class MyProvider : FeatureProvider
 To develop a hook, you need to create a new project and include the OpenFeature SDK as a dependency.
 This can be a new repository or included in [the existing contrib repository](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk-contrib) available under the OpenFeature organization.
 Implement your own hook by conforming to the `Hook interface`.
-To satisfy the interface, all methods (`Before`/`After`/`Finally`/`Error`) need to be defined.
+To satisfy the interface, all methods (`BeforeAsync`/`AfterAsync`/`FinallyAsync`/`ErrorAsync`) need to be defined.
 
 ```csharp
 public class MyHook : Hook
 {
-  public Task<EvaluationContext> Before<T>(HookContext<T> context,
-      IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> hints = null)
+  public ValueTask<EvaluationContext> BeforeAsync<T>(HookContext<T> context,
+      IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> hints = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
   {
     // code to run before flag evaluation
   }
 
-  public virtual Task After<T>(HookContext<T> context, FlagEvaluationDetails<T> details,
-      IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> hints = null)
+  public virtual ValueTask AfterAsync<T>(HookContext<T> context, FlagEvaluationDetails<T> details,
+      IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> hints = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
   {
     // code to run after successful flag evaluation
   }
 
-  public virtual Task Error<T>(HookContext<T> context, Exception error,
-      IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> hints = null)
+  public virtual ValueTask ErrorAsync<T>(HookContext<T> context, Exception error,
+      IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> hints = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
   {
     // code to run if there's an error during before hooks or during flag evaluation
   }
 
-  public virtual Task Finally<T>(HookContext<T> context, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> hints = null)
+  public virtual ValueTask FinallyAsync<T>(HookContext<T> context, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object> hints = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
   {
     // code to run after all other stages, regardless of success/failure
   }

src/OpenFeature/Api.cs

@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ private Api() { }
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>The provider cannot be set to null. Attempting to set the provider to null has no effect.</remarks>
         /// <param name="featureProvider">Implementation of <see cref="FeatureProvider"/></param>
-        public async Task SetProvider(FeatureProvider featureProvider)
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
+        public async ValueTask SetProviderAsync(FeatureProvider featureProvider, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             this.EventExecutor.RegisterDefaultFeatureProvider(featureProvider);
-            await this._repository.SetProvider(featureProvider, this.GetContext()).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await this._repository.SetProviderAsync(featureProvider, this.GetContext(), cancellationToken: cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
 
@@ -56,10 +57,11 @@ public async Task SetProvider(FeatureProvider featureProvider)
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="clientName">Name of client</param>
         /// <param name="featureProvider">Implementation of <see cref="FeatureProvider"/></param>
-        public async Task SetProvider(string clientName, FeatureProvider featureProvider)
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
+        public async ValueTask SetProviderAsync(string clientName, FeatureProvider featureProvider, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             this.EventExecutor.RegisterClientFeatureProvider(clientName, featureProvider);
-            await this._repository.SetProvider(clientName, featureProvider, this.GetContext()).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await this._repository.SetProviderAsync(clientName, featureProvider, this.GetContext(), cancellationToken: cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -222,10 +224,11 @@ public EvaluationContext GetContext()
         /// Once shut down is complete, API is reset and ready to use again.
         /// </para>
         /// </summary>
-        public async Task Shutdown()
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
+        public async ValueTask ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            await this._repository.Shutdown().ConfigureAwait(false);
-            await this.EventExecutor.Shutdown().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await this._repository.ShutdownAsync(cancellationToken: cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await this.EventExecutor.ShutdownAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />

src/OpenFeature/EventExecutor.cs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 namespace OpenFeature
 {
 
-    internal delegate Task ShutdownDelegate();
+    internal delegate ValueTask ShutdownDelegate(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 
     internal class EventExecutor
     {
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ private void InvokeEventHandler(EventHandlerDelegate eventHandler, Event e)
             }
         }
 
-        public async Task Shutdown()
+        public async ValueTask ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            await this._shutdownDelegate().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await this._shutdownDelegate(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         internal void SetShutdownDelegate(ShutdownDelegate del)
@@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ internal void SetShutdownDelegate(ShutdownDelegate del)
         }
 
         // Method to signal shutdown
-        private async Task SignalShutdownAsync()
+        private async ValueTask SignalShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             // Enqueue a shutdown signal
-            await this.EventChannel.Writer.WriteAsync(new ShutdownSignal()).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await this.EventChannel.Writer.WriteAsync(new ShutdownSignal(), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             // Wait for the processing loop to acknowledge the shutdown
-            await this._shutdownSemaphore.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await this._shutdownSemaphore.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
     }
 

src/OpenFeature/FeatureProvider.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Channels;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using OpenFeature.Constant;
@@ -43,49 +44,54 @@ public abstract class FeatureProvider
         /// <param name="flagKey">Feature flag key</param>
         /// <param name="defaultValue">Default value</param>
         /// <param name="context"><see cref="EvaluationContext"/></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
         /// <returns><see cref="ResolutionDetails{T}"/></returns>
-        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<bool>> ResolveBooleanValue(string flagKey, bool defaultValue,
-            EvaluationContext context = null);
+        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<bool>> ResolveBooleanValueAsync(string flagKey, bool defaultValue,
+            EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Resolves a string feature flag
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="flagKey">Feature flag key</param>
         /// <param name="defaultValue">Default value</param>
         /// <param name="context"><see cref="EvaluationContext"/></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
         /// <returns><see cref="ResolutionDetails{T}"/></returns>
-        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<string>> ResolveStringValue(string flagKey, string defaultValue,
-            EvaluationContext context = null);
+        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<string>> ResolveStringValueAsync(string flagKey, string defaultValue,
+            EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Resolves a integer feature flag
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="flagKey">Feature flag key</param>
         /// <param name="defaultValue">Default value</param>
         /// <param name="context"><see cref="EvaluationContext"/></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
         /// <returns><see cref="ResolutionDetails{T}"/></returns>
-        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<int>> ResolveIntegerValue(string flagKey, int defaultValue,
-            EvaluationContext context = null);
+        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<int>> ResolveIntegerValueAsync(string flagKey, int defaultValue,
+            EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Resolves a double feature flag
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="flagKey">Feature flag key</param>
         /// <param name="defaultValue">Default value</param>
         /// <param name="context"><see cref="EvaluationContext"/></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
         /// <returns><see cref="ResolutionDetails{T}"/></returns>
-        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<double>> ResolveDoubleValue(string flagKey, double defaultValue,
-            EvaluationContext context = null);
+        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<double>> ResolveDoubleValueAsync(string flagKey, double defaultValue,
+            EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Resolves a structured feature flag
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="flagKey">Feature flag key</param>
         /// <param name="defaultValue">Default value</param>
         /// <param name="context"><see cref="EvaluationContext"/></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
         /// <returns><see cref="ResolutionDetails{T}"/></returns>
-        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<Value>> ResolveStructureValue(string flagKey, Value defaultValue,
-            EvaluationContext context = null);
+        public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<Value>> ResolveStructureValueAsync(string flagKey, Value defaultValue,
+            EvaluationContext context = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Get the status of the provider.
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<Value>> ResolveStructureValue(string flag
         /// If a provider does not override this method, then its status will be assumed to be
         /// <see cref="ProviderStatus.Ready"/>. If a provider implements this method, and supports initialization,
         /// then it should start in the <see cref="ProviderStatus.NotReady"/>status . If the status is
-        /// <see cref="ProviderStatus.NotReady"/>, then the Api will call the <see cref="Initialize" /> when the
+        /// <see cref="ProviderStatus.NotReady"/>, then the Api will call the <see cref="InitializeAsync" /> when the
         /// provider is set.
         /// </remarks>
         public virtual ProviderStatus GetStatus() => ProviderStatus.Ready;
@@ -107,6 +113,7 @@ public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<Value>> ResolveStructureValue(string flag
         /// </para>
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="context"><see cref="EvaluationContext"/></param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
         /// <returns>A task that completes when the initialization process is complete.</returns>
         /// <remarks>
         /// <para>
@@ -118,21 +125,22 @@ public abstract Task<ResolutionDetails<Value>> ResolveStructureValue(string flag
         /// the <see cref="GetStatus"/> method after initialization is complete.
         /// </para>
         /// </remarks>
-        public virtual Task Initialize(EvaluationContext context)
+        public virtual ValueTask InitializeAsync(EvaluationContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             // Intentionally left blank.
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
+            return new ValueTask();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// This method is called when a new provider is about to be used to evaluate flags, or the SDK is shut down.
         /// Providers can overwrite this method, if they have special shutdown actions needed.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>A task that completes when the shutdown process is complete.</returns>
-        public virtual Task Shutdown()
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The <see cref="CancellationToken"/>.</param>
+        public virtual ValueTask ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             // Intentionally left blank.
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
+            return new ValueTask();
         }
 
         /// <summary>