diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/java/akka/dispatch/JavaFutureTests.java b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/java/akka/dispatch/JavaFutureTests.java
index 84eddf5ef7..b3c82bc957 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/java/akka/dispatch/JavaFutureTests.java
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/java/akka/dispatch/JavaFutureTests.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package akka.dispatch;
 import akka.actor.Timeout;
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
 
+import akka.japi.*;
 import akka.util.Duration;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -14,10 +15,6 @@ import java.lang.Iterable;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import akka.japi.Function;
-import akka.japi.Function2;
-import akka.japi.Procedure;
-import akka.japi.Option;
 import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec;
 
 public class JavaFutureTests {
@@ -97,8 +94,8 @@ public class JavaFutureTests {
     final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
     Promise<String> cf = Futures.promise(system.dispatcher());
     Future<String> f = cf;
-    f.onComplete(new Procedure<Future<String>>() {
-      public void apply(akka.dispatch.Future<String> future) {
+    f.onComplete(new Procedure2<Throwable,String>() {
+      public void apply(Throwable t, String r) {
         latch.countDown();
       }
     });
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/TypedActor.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/TypedActor.scala
index 549cac1424..5777f84277 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/TypedActor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/TypedActor.scala
@@ -330,10 +330,8 @@ object TypedActor extends ExtensionId[TypedActorExtension] with ExtensionIdProvi
               if (m.returnsFuture_?) {
                 val s = sender
                 m(me).asInstanceOf[Future[Any]] onComplete {
-                  _.value.get match {
-                    case Left(f)  ⇒ s ! Status.Failure(f)
-                    case Right(r) ⇒ s ! r
-                  }
+                  case Left(f)  ⇒ s ! Status.Failure(f)
+                  case Right(r) ⇒ s ! r
                 }
               } else {
                 sender ! m(me)
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/package.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/package.scala
index 569c66f03e..cfe5bc1b0d 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/package.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/package.scala
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ package object actor {
 
   implicit def future2actor[T](f: akka.dispatch.Future[T]) = new {
     def pipeTo(actor: ActorRef): this.type = {
-      def send(f: akka.dispatch.Future[T]) { f.value.get.fold(f ⇒ actor ! Status.Failure(f), r ⇒ actor ! r) }
-      if (f.isCompleted) send(f) else f onComplete send
+      f onComplete {
+        case Right(r) ⇒ actor ! r
+        case Left(f)  ⇒ actor ! Status.Failure(f)
+      }
       this
     }
   }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
index 43ddf4e6d1..56cd2058d9 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Future.scala
@@ -79,19 +79,19 @@ object Futures {
    * the result will be the first failure of any of the futures, or any failure in the actual fold,
    * or the result of the fold.
    */
-  def fold[T <: AnyRef, R <: AnyRef](zero: R, futures: java.lang.Iterable[Future[T]], fun: akka.japi.Function2[R, T, R], dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[R] =
+  def fold[T <: AnyRef, R <: AnyRef](zero: R, futures: JIterable[Future[T]], fun: akka.japi.Function2[R, T, R], dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[R] =
     Future.fold(scala.collection.JavaConversions.iterableAsScalaIterable(futures))(zero)(fun.apply _)(dispatcher)
 
   /**
    * Java API.
    * Initiates a fold over the supplied futures where the fold-zero is the result value of the Future that's completed first
    */
-  def reduce[T <: AnyRef, R >: T](futures: java.lang.Iterable[Future[T]], fun: akka.japi.Function2[R, T, T], dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[R] =
+  def reduce[T <: AnyRef, R >: T](futures: JIterable[Future[T]], fun: akka.japi.Function2[R, T, T], dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[R] =
     Future.reduce(scala.collection.JavaConversions.iterableAsScalaIterable(futures))(fun.apply _)(dispatcher)
 
   /**
    * Java API.
-   * Simple version of Future.traverse. Transforms a java.lang.Iterable[Future[A]] into a Future[java.lang.Iterable[A]].
+   * Simple version of Future.traverse. Transforms a JIterable[Future[A]] into a Future[JIterable[A]].
    * Useful for reducing many Futures into a single Future.
    */
   def sequence[A](in: JIterable[Future[A]], dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[JIterable[A]] = {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ object Futures {
 
   /**
    * Java API.
-   * Transforms a java.lang.Iterable[A] into a Future[java.lang.Iterable[B]] using the provided Function A ⇒ Future[B].
+   * Transforms a JIterable[A] into a Future[JIterable[B]] using the provided Function A ⇒ Future[B].
    * This is useful for performing a parallel map. For example, to apply a function to all items of a list
    * in parallel.
    */
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ object Future {
   /**
    * Returns a Future to the result of the first future in the list that is completed
    */
-  def firstCompletedOf[T](futures: Iterable[Future[T]])(implicit dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[T] = {
+  def firstCompletedOf[T](futures: Traversable[Future[T]])(implicit dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[T] = {
     val futureResult = Promise[T]()
 
-    val completeFirst: Future[T] ⇒ Unit = _.value.foreach(futureResult complete _)
+    val completeFirst: Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit = futureResult complete _
     futures.foreach(_ onComplete completeFirst)
 
     futureResult
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ object Future {
   /**
    * Returns a Future that will hold the optional result of the first Future with a result that matches the predicate
    */
-  def find[T](futures: Iterable[Future[T]])(predicate: T ⇒ Boolean)(implicit dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[Option[T]] = {
+  def find[T](futures: Traversable[Future[T]])(predicate: T ⇒ Boolean)(implicit dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[Option[T]] = {
     if (futures.isEmpty) Promise.successful[Option[T]](None)
     else {
       val result = Promise[Option[T]]()
       val ref = new AtomicInteger(futures.size)
-      val search: Future[T] ⇒ Unit = f ⇒ try {
-        f.value.get match {
+      val search: Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit = v ⇒ try {
+        v match {
           case Right(r) ⇒ if (predicate(r)) result success Some(r)
           case _        ⇒
         }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ object Future {
    *   val result = Futures.fold(0)(futures)(_ + _).await.result
    * </pre>
    */
-  def fold[T, R](futures: Iterable[Future[T]])(zero: R)(foldFun: (R, T) ⇒ R)(implicit dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[R] = {
+  def fold[T, R](futures: Traversable[Future[T]])(zero: R)(foldFun: (R, T) ⇒ R)(implicit dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[R] = {
     if (futures.isEmpty) Promise.successful(zero)
     else {
       val result = Promise[R]()
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ object Future {
       val done = new Switch(false)
       val allDone = futures.size
 
-      val aggregate: Future[T] ⇒ Unit = f ⇒ if (done.isOff && !result.isCompleted) {
-        f.value.get match {
+      val aggregate: Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit = v ⇒ if (done.isOff && !result.isCompleted) {
+        v match {
           case Right(value) ⇒
             val added = results add value
             if (added && results.size == allDone) { //Only one thread can get here
@@ -240,25 +240,12 @@ object Future {
    * Initiates a fold over the supplied futures where the fold-zero is the result value of the Future that's completed first
    * Example:
    * <pre>
-   *   val result = Futures.reduce(futures)(_ + _).await.result
+   *   val result = Await.result(Futures.reduce(futures)(_ + _), 5 seconds)
    * </pre>
    */
-  def reduce[T, R >: T](futures: Iterable[Future[T]])(op: (R, T) ⇒ T)(implicit dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[R] = {
+  def reduce[T, R >: T](futures: Traversable[Future[T]])(op: (R, T) ⇒ T)(implicit dispatcher: MessageDispatcher): Future[R] = {
     if (futures.isEmpty) Promise[R].failure(new UnsupportedOperationException("empty reduce left"))
-    else {
-      val result = Promise[R]()
-      val seedFound = new AtomicBoolean(false)
-      val seedFold: Future[T] ⇒ Unit = f ⇒ {
-        if (seedFound.compareAndSet(false, true)) { //Only the first completed should trigger the fold
-          f.value.get match {
-            case Right(value)    ⇒ result.completeWith(fold(futures.filterNot(_ eq f))(value)(op))
-            case Left(exception) ⇒ result.failure(exception)
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      for (f ← futures) f onComplete seedFold //Attach the listener to the Futures
-      result
-    }
+    else sequence(futures).map(_ reduce op)
   }
   /**
    * Transforms a Traversable[A] into a Future[Traversable[B]] using the provided Function A ⇒ Future[B].
@@ -394,7 +381,7 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] with Await.Awaitable[T] {
    * callbacks may be registered; there is no guarantee that they will be
    * executed in a particular order.
    */
-  def onComplete(func: Future[T] ⇒ Unit): this.type
+  def onComplete(func: Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit): this.type
 
   /**
    * When the future is completed with a valid result, apply the provided
@@ -406,11 +393,9 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] with Await.Awaitable[T] {
    *   }
    * </pre>
    */
-  final def onSuccess(pf: PartialFunction[T, Unit]): this.type = onComplete {
-    _.value match {
-      case Some(Right(r)) if pf isDefinedAt r ⇒ pf(r)
-      case _                                  ⇒
-    }
+  final def onSuccess[U](pf: PartialFunction[T, U]): this.type = onComplete {
+    case Right(r) if pf isDefinedAt r ⇒ pf(r)
+    case _                            ⇒
   }
 
   /**
@@ -422,11 +407,9 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] with Await.Awaitable[T] {
    *   }
    * </pre>
    */
-  final def onFailure(pf: PartialFunction[Throwable, Unit]): this.type = onComplete {
-    _.value match {
-      case Some(Left(ex)) if pf isDefinedAt ex ⇒ pf(ex)
-      case _                                   ⇒
-    }
+  final def onFailure[U](pf: PartialFunction[Throwable, U]): this.type = onComplete {
+    case Left(ex) if pf isDefinedAt ex ⇒ pf(ex)
+    case _                             ⇒
   }
 
   /**
@@ -436,10 +419,10 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] with Await.Awaitable[T] {
    */
   final def failed: Future[Throwable] = {
     val p = Promise[Throwable]()
-    this.onComplete(_.value.get match {
+    this.onComplete {
       case Left(t)  ⇒ p success t
       case Right(r) ⇒ p failure new NoSuchElementException("Future.failed not completed with a throwable. Instead completed with: " + r)
-    })
+    }
     p
   }
 
@@ -464,10 +447,8 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] with Await.Awaitable[T] {
   final def recover[A >: T](pf: PartialFunction[Throwable, A]): Future[A] = {
     val future = Promise[A]()
     onComplete {
-      _.value.get match {
-        case Left(e) if pf isDefinedAt e ⇒ future.complete(try { Right(pf(e)) } catch { case x: Exception ⇒ Left(x) })
-        case otherwise                   ⇒ future complete otherwise
-      }
+      case Left(e) if pf isDefinedAt e ⇒ future.complete(try { Right(pf(e)) } catch { case x: Exception ⇒ Left(x) })
+      case otherwise                   ⇒ future complete otherwise
     }
     future
   }
@@ -488,17 +469,15 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] with Await.Awaitable[T] {
   final def map[A](f: T ⇒ A): Future[A] = {
     val future = Promise[A]()
     onComplete {
-      _.value.get match {
-        case l: Left[_, _] ⇒ future complete l.asInstanceOf[Either[Throwable, A]]
-        case Right(res) ⇒
-          future complete (try {
-            Right(f(res))
-          } catch {
-            case e: Exception ⇒
-              dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future.map", e.getMessage))
-              Left(e)
-          })
-      }
+      case l: Left[_, _] ⇒ future complete l.asInstanceOf[Either[Throwable, A]]
+      case Right(res) ⇒
+        future complete (try {
+          Right(f(res))
+        } catch {
+          case e: Exception ⇒
+            dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future.map", e.getMessage))
+            Left(e)
+        })
     }
     future
   }
@@ -509,16 +488,14 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] with Await.Awaitable[T] {
    */
   final def mapTo[A](implicit m: Manifest[A]): Future[A] = {
     val fa = Promise[A]()
-    onComplete { ft ⇒
-      fa complete (ft.value.get match {
-        case l: Left[_, _] ⇒ l.asInstanceOf[Either[Throwable, A]]
-        case Right(t) ⇒
-          try {
-            Right(BoxedType(m.erasure).cast(t).asInstanceOf[A])
-          } catch {
-            case e: ClassCastException ⇒ Left(e)
-          }
-      })
+    onComplete {
+      case l: Left[_, _] ⇒ fa complete l.asInstanceOf[Either[Throwable, A]]
+      case Right(t) ⇒
+        fa complete (try {
+          Right(BoxedType(m.erasure).cast(t).asInstanceOf[A])
+        } catch {
+          case e: ClassCastException ⇒ Left(e)
+        })
     }
     fa
   }
@@ -538,28 +515,25 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] with Await.Awaitable[T] {
    * </pre>
    */
   final def flatMap[A](f: T ⇒ Future[A]): Future[A] = {
-    val future = Promise[A]()
+    val p = Promise[A]()
 
     onComplete {
-      _.value.get match {
-        case l: Left[_, _] ⇒ future complete l.asInstanceOf[Either[Throwable, A]]
-        case Right(r) ⇒ try {
-          future.completeWith(f(r))
+      case l: Left[_, _] ⇒ p complete l.asInstanceOf[Either[Throwable, A]]
+      case Right(r) ⇒
+        try {
+          p completeWith f(r)
         } catch {
           case e: Exception ⇒
+            p complete Left(e)
             dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future.flatMap", e.getMessage))
-            future complete Left(e)
         }
-      }
     }
-    future
+    p
   }
 
   final def foreach(f: T ⇒ Unit): Unit = onComplete {
-    _.value.get match {
-      case Right(r) ⇒ f(r)
-      case _        ⇒
-    }
+    case Right(r) ⇒ f(r)
+    case _        ⇒
   }
 
   final def withFilter(p: T ⇒ Boolean) = new FutureWithFilter[T](this, p)
@@ -571,21 +545,19 @@ sealed trait Future[+T] extends japi.Future[T] with Await.Awaitable[T] {
     def withFilter(q: A ⇒ Boolean): FutureWithFilter[A] = new FutureWithFilter[A](self, x ⇒ p(x) && q(x))
   }
 
-  final def filter(p: T ⇒ Boolean): Future[T] = {
-    val future = Promise[T]()
+  final def filter(pred: T ⇒ Boolean): Future[T] = {
+    val p = Promise[T]()
     onComplete {
-      _.value.get match {
-        case l: Left[_, _] ⇒ future complete l.asInstanceOf[Either[Throwable, T]]
-        case r @ Right(res) ⇒ future complete (try {
-          if (p(res)) r else Left(new MatchError(res))
-        } catch {
-          case e: Exception ⇒
-            dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future.filter", e.getMessage))
-            Left(e)
-        })
-      }
+      case l: Left[_, _] ⇒ p complete l.asInstanceOf[Either[Throwable, T]]
+      case r @ Right(res) ⇒ p complete (try {
+        if (pred(res)) r else Left(new MatchError(res))
+      } catch {
+        case e: Exception ⇒
+          dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future.filter", e.getMessage))
+          Left(e)
+      })
     }
-    future
+    p
   }
 }
 
@@ -648,7 +620,7 @@ trait Promise[T] extends Future[T] {
    * @return this.
    */
   final def completeWith(other: Future[T]): this.type = {
-    other onComplete { f ⇒ complete(f.value.get) }
+    other onComplete { complete(_) }
     this
   }
 
@@ -656,9 +628,10 @@ trait Promise[T] extends Future[T] {
 
   final def <<(other: Future[T]): Future[T] @cps[Future[Any]] = shift { cont: (Future[T] ⇒ Future[Any]) ⇒
     val fr = Promise[Any]()
-    this completeWith other onComplete { f ⇒
+    val thisPromise = this
+    thisPromise completeWith other onComplete { v ⇒
       try {
-        fr completeWith cont(f)
+        fr completeWith cont(thisPromise)
       } catch {
         case e: Exception ⇒
           dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Promise.completeWith", e.getMessage))
@@ -670,7 +643,8 @@ trait Promise[T] extends Future[T] {
 
   final def <<(stream: PromiseStreamOut[T]): Future[T] @cps[Future[Any]] = shift { cont: (Future[T] ⇒ Future[Any]) ⇒
     val fr = Promise[Any]()
-    stream.dequeue(this).onComplete { f ⇒
+    val f = stream.dequeue(this)
+    f.onComplete { _ ⇒
       try {
         fr completeWith cont(f)
       } catch {
@@ -692,7 +666,7 @@ private[dispatch] object DefaultPromise {
    */
 
   sealed trait FState[+T] { def value: Option[Either[Throwable, T]] }
-  case class Pending[T](listeners: List[Future[T] ⇒ Unit] = Nil) extends FState[T] {
+  case class Pending[T](listeners: List[Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit] = Nil) extends FState[T] {
     def value: Option[Either[Throwable, T]] = None
   }
   case class Success[T](value: Option[Either[Throwable, T]] = None) extends FState[T] {
@@ -752,10 +726,10 @@ class DefaultPromise[T](implicit val dispatcher: MessageDispatcher) extends Abst
   protected final def getState: FState[T] = updater.get(this)
 
   def tryComplete(value: Either[Throwable, T]): Boolean = {
-    val callbacks: List[Future[T] ⇒ Unit] = {
+    val callbacks: List[Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit] = {
       try {
         @tailrec
-        def tryComplete: List[Future[T] ⇒ Unit] = {
+        def tryComplete: List[Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit] = {
           val cur = getState
 
           cur match {
@@ -778,7 +752,7 @@ class DefaultPromise[T](implicit val dispatcher: MessageDispatcher) extends Abst
     }
   }
 
-  def onComplete(func: Future[T] ⇒ Unit): this.type = {
+  def onComplete(func: Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit): this.type = {
     @tailrec //Returns whether the future has already been completed or not
     def tryAddCallback(): Boolean = {
       val cur = getState
@@ -795,9 +769,8 @@ class DefaultPromise[T](implicit val dispatcher: MessageDispatcher) extends Abst
     this
   }
 
-  private def notifyCompleted(func: Future[T] ⇒ Unit) {
-    // TODO FIXME catching all and continue isn't good for OOME, ticket #1418
-    try { func(this) } catch { case e ⇒ dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future", "Future onComplete-callback raised an exception")) }
+  private final def notifyCompleted(func: Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit) {
+    try { func(this.value.get) } catch { case e ⇒ dispatcher.prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Error(e, "Future", "Future onComplete-callback raised an exception")) }
   }
 }
 
@@ -809,8 +782,9 @@ final class KeptPromise[T](suppliedValue: Either[Throwable, T])(implicit val dis
   val value = Some(suppliedValue)
 
   def tryComplete(value: Either[Throwable, T]): Boolean = true
-  def onComplete(func: Future[T] ⇒ Unit): this.type = {
-    Future dispatchTask (() ⇒ func(this))
+  def onComplete(func: Either[Throwable, T] ⇒ Unit): this.type = {
+    val completedAs = value.get
+    Future dispatchTask (() ⇒ func(completedAs))
     this
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/japi/Future.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/japi/Future.scala
index a9b2b2482f..64852912fe 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/japi/Future.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/japi/Future.scala
@@ -3,17 +3,51 @@
  */
 package akka.dispatch.japi
 
-import akka.japi.{ Procedure, Function ⇒ JFunc, Option ⇒ JOption }
 import akka.actor.Timeout
+import akka.japi.{ Procedure2, Procedure, Function ⇒ JFunc, Option ⇒ JOption }
 
 /* Java API */
 trait Future[+T] { self: akka.dispatch.Future[T] ⇒
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously called when this Future gets a successful result
+   */
   private[japi] final def onSuccess[A >: T](proc: Procedure[A]): this.type = self.onSuccess({ case r ⇒ proc(r.asInstanceOf[A]) }: PartialFunction[T, Unit])
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously called when this Future gets a failed result
+   */
   private[japi] final def onFailure(proc: Procedure[Throwable]): this.type = self.onFailure({ case t: Throwable ⇒ proc(t) }: PartialFunction[Throwable, Unit])
-  private[japi] final def onComplete[A >: T](proc: Procedure[akka.dispatch.Future[A]]): this.type = self.onComplete(proc(_))
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously called when this future is completed with either a failed or a successful result
+   * In case of a success, the first parameter (Throwable) will be null
+   * In case of a failure, the second parameter (T) will be null
+   * For no reason will both be null or neither be null
+   */
+  private[japi] final def onComplete[A >: T](proc: Procedure2[Throwable, A]): this.type = self.onComplete(_.fold(t ⇒ proc(t, null.asInstanceOf[T]), r ⇒ proc(null, r)))
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously applies the provided function to the (if any) successful result of this Future
+   * Any failure of this Future will be propagated to the Future returned by this method.
+   */
   private[japi] final def map[A >: T, B](f: JFunc[A, B]): akka.dispatch.Future[B] = self.map(f(_))
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously applies the provided function to the (if any) successful result of this Future and flattens it.
+   * Any failure of this Future will be propagated to the Future returned by this method.
+   */
   private[japi] final def flatMap[A >: T, B](f: JFunc[A, akka.dispatch.Future[B]]): akka.dispatch.Future[B] = self.flatMap(f(_))
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously applies the provided Procedure to the (if any) successful result of this Future
+   * Provided Procedure will not be called in case of no-result or in case of failed result
+   */
   private[japi] final def foreach[A >: T](proc: Procedure[A]): Unit = self.foreach(proc(_))
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a new Future whose successful result will be the successful result of this Future if that result conforms to the provided predicate
+   * Any failure of this Future will be propagated to the Future returned by this method.
+   */
   private[japi] final def filter[A >: T](p: JFunc[A, java.lang.Boolean]): akka.dispatch.Future[A] =
     self.filter((a: Any) ⇒ p(a.asInstanceOf[A])).asInstanceOf[akka.dispatch.Future[A]]
 }