Scala Library
scala.concurrent

class MailBox
[source: scala/concurrent/MailBox.scala]
class MailBox
extends ListQueueCreator
Type Summary
type Message
Method Summary
def receive [A](f : PartialFunction[AnyRef, A]) : A
Block until there is a message in the mailbox for which the processor f is defined.
def receiveWithin [A](msec : Long)(f : PartialFunction[AnyRef, A]) : A
Block until there is a message in the mailbox for which the processor f is defined or the timeout is over.
def send (msg : AnyRef) : Unit
First check whether a pending receiver is applicable to the sent message. If yes, the receiver is notified. Otherwise the message is appended to the linked list of sent messages.
Methods inherited from ListQueueCreator
queueCreate
Methods inherited from AnyRef
getClass, hashCode, equals, clone, toString, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait, finalize, ==, !=, eq, ne, synchronized
Methods inherited from Any
==, !=, isInstanceOf, asInstanceOf
Type Details
type Message
Method Details
def send(msg : AnyRef) : Unit
First check whether a pending receiver is applicable to the sent message. If yes, the receiver is notified. Otherwise the message is appended to the linked list of sent messages.
def receive[A](f : PartialFunction[AnyRef, A]) : A
Block until there is a message in the mailbox for which the processor f is defined.
def receiveWithin[A](msec : Long)(f : PartialFunction[AnyRef, A]) : A
Block until there is a message in the mailbox for which the processor f is defined or the timeout is over.
Scala Library