javascalautils.concurrent

Class FutureCompanion

java.lang.Object

javascalautils.concurrent.FutureCompanion

public final class FutureCompanion
extends Object

Acts as a Scala type companion object for Future.
The primary purpose is to get the Scala feel of instantiating classes.
In Scala you can define a companion object for a class, acting as a static reference/singleton for that class allowing you do define factory methods.
One use case is to define methods with the same name as the class and let these methods invoke the constructor thus creating a nice way to create instances without using the word "new".
This can be achieved in java by statically importing a method and then using it.
The limitation is that classes may not have method with the same name as the class itself hence new companion classes have to be created.
To be able to use it in a neat concise way one needs to statically import the method.

 import static javascalautils.FutureCompanion.Future;
 
 Future<Integer> resultSuccess = Future.(() -> 9 / 3); // The Future will at some point contain: Success(3)
 Future<Integer> resultFailure = Future.(() -> 9 / 0); // The Future will at some point contain: Failure(ArithmeticException)
 

Since:

1.3

Author:

Peter Nerg

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T> Future<T>	Future(ThrowableFunction0<T> function) Allows for easy creation of asynchronous computations that will be executed in the future.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

Future

public static <T> Future<T> Future(ThrowableFunction0<T> function)

Allows for easy creation of asynchronous computations that will be executed in the future.
The method relay the execution to Future.apply(ThrowableFunction0).
Best used in conjunction with statically importing this method.

 import static javascalautils.concurrent.FutureCompanion.Future;
 
 Future<Integer> resultSuccess = Future.(() -> 9 / 3); // The Future will at some point contain: Success(3)
 Future<Integer> resultFailure = Future.(() -> 9 / 0); // The Future will at some point contain: Failure(ArithmeticException)
 

Type Parameters:

T - The type for the Future

Parameters:

function - The function to render either the value T or raise an exception.

Returns:

The future that will hold the result provided by the function

Since:

1.3

See Also:

Future.apply(ThrowableFunction0)