Allow returning a result from Progress.StartAsync/Status.StartAsync

src/Spectre.Console/Widgets/Progress/Progress.cs

@@ -80,9 +80,31 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(action));
             }
 
+            _ = await StartAsync<object?>(async progressContext =>
+            {
+                await action(progressContext);
+                return default;
+            });
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Starts the progress task list.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="action">The action to execute.</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The result type of task.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="Task{T}"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+        public async Task<T> StartAsync<T>(Func<ProgressContext, Task<T>> action)
+        {
+            if (action is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(action));
+            }
+
             var renderer = CreateRenderer();
             renderer.Started();
 
+            T result;
+
             try
             {
                 using (new RenderHookScope(_console, renderer))
@@ -93,12 +115,12 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
                     {
                         using (var thread = new ProgressRefreshThread(context, renderer.RefreshRate))
                         {
-                            await action(context).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            result = await action(context).ConfigureAwait(false);
                         }
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        await action(context).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        result = await action(context).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
 
                     context.Refresh();
@@ -108,6 +130,8 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
             {
                 renderer.Completed(AutoClear);
             }
+
+            return result;
         }
 
         private ProgressRenderer CreateRenderer()

src/Spectre.Console/Widgets/Progress/Status.cs

@@ -60,6 +60,32 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
         /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
         public async Task StartAsync(string status, Func<StatusContext, Task> action)
         {
+            if (action is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(action));
+            }
+
+            _ = await StartAsync<object?>(status, async statusContext =>
+            {
+                await action(statusContext);
+                return default;
+            });
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Starts a new status display.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="status">The status to display.</param>
+        /// <param name="action">he action to execute.</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The result type of task.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="Task{T}"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+        public async Task<T> StartAsync<T>(string status, Func<StatusContext, Task<T>> action)
+        {
+            if (action is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(action));
+            }
+
             // Set the progress columns
             var spinnerColumn = new SpinnerColumn(Spinner ?? Spinner.Known.Default)
             {
@@ -79,10 +105,10 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
                 new TaskDescriptionColumn(),
             });
 
-            await progress.StartAsync(async ctx =>
+            return await progress.StartAsync(async ctx =>
             {
                 var statusContext = new StatusContext(ctx, ctx.AddTask(status), spinnerColumn);
-                await action(statusContext).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return await action(statusContext).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
     }