scala.concurrent

ExecutionContext

trait ExecutionContext extends AnyRef

An ExecutionContext can execute program logic asynchronously, typically but not necessarily on a thread pool.

A general purpose ExecutionContext must be asynchronous in executing any Runnable that is passed into its execute-method. A special purpose ExecutionContext may be synchronous but must only be passed to code that is explicitly safe to be run using a synchronously executing ExecutionContext.

APIs such as Future.onComplete require you to provide a callback and an implicit ExecutionContext. The implicit ExecutionContext will be used to execute the callback.

It is possible to simply import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global to obtain an implicit ExecutionContext. This global context is a reasonable default thread pool.

However, application developers should carefully consider where they want to set policy; ideally, one place per application (or per logically-related section of code) will make a decision about which ExecutionContext to use. That is, you might want to avoid hardcoding scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global all over the place in your code. One approach is to add (implicit ec: ExecutionContext) to methods which need an ExecutionContext. Then import a specific context in one place for the entire application or module, passing it implicitly to individual methods.

A custom ExecutionContext may be appropriate to execute code which blocks on IO or performs long-running computations. ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService and ExecutionContext.fromExecutor are good ways to create a custom ExecutionContext.

The intent of ExecutionContext is to lexically scope code execution. That is, each method, class, file, package, or application determines how to run its own code. This avoids issues such as running application callbacks on a thread pool belonging to a networking library. The size of a networking library's thread pool can be safely configured, knowing that only that library's network operations will be affected. Application callback execution can be configured separately.

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  1. abstract def execute(runnable: Runnable): Unit

    Runs a block of code on this execution context.

  2. abstract def reportFailure(cause: Throwable): Unit

    Reports that an asynchronous computation failed.

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  1. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  2. final def ##(): Int

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  3. def +(other: String): String

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    This member is added by an implicit conversion from ExecutionContext to any2stringadd[ExecutionContext] performed by method any2stringadd in scala.Predef.
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  4. def ->[B](y: B): (ExecutionContext, B)

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  5. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  6. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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  7. def clone(): AnyRef

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  8. def ensuring(cond: (ExecutionContext) ⇒ Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): ExecutionContext

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    This member is added by an implicit conversion from ExecutionContext to Ensuring[ExecutionContext] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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  9. def ensuring(cond: (ExecutionContext) ⇒ Boolean): ExecutionContext

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  10. def ensuring(cond: Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): ExecutionContext

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  11. def ensuring(cond: Boolean): ExecutionContext

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  12. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  13. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  14. def finalize(): Unit

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  15. def formatted(fmtstr: String): String

    Returns string formatted according to given format string.

    Returns string formatted according to given format string. Format strings are as for String.format (@see java.lang.String.format).

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  16. final def getClass(): Class[_]

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  17. def hashCode(): Int

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  18. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

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  19. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  20. final def notify(): Unit

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  21. final def notifyAll(): Unit

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  22. def prepare(): ExecutionContext

    Prepares for the execution of a task.

    Prepares for the execution of a task. Returns the prepared execution context. A valid implementation of prepare is one that simply returns this.

  23. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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  24. def toString(): String

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  25. final def wait(): Unit

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  26. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

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  27. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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  28. def [B](y: B): (ExecutionContext, B)

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