/** * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. */ package akka.pattern import akka.actor.Scheduler import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext import java.util.concurrent.Callable import scala.concurrent.util.FiniteDuration object Patterns { import akka.actor.{ ActorRef, ActorSystem } import akka.pattern.{ ask ⇒ scalaAsk, pipe ⇒ scalaPipe, gracefulStop ⇒ scalaGracefulStop, after ⇒ scalaAfter } import akka.util.Timeout import scala.concurrent.Future import scala.concurrent.util.Duration /** * Java API for `akka.pattern.ask`: * Sends a message asynchronously and returns a [[scala.concurrent.Future]] * holding the eventual reply message; this means that the target actor * needs to send the result to the `sender` reference provided. The Future * will be completed with an [[akka.pattern.AskTimeoutException]] after the * given timeout has expired; this is independent from any timeout applied * while awaiting a result for this future (i.e. in * `Await.result(..., timeout)`). * * Warning: * When using future callbacks, inside actors you need to carefully avoid closing over * the containing actor’s object, i.e. do not call methods or access mutable state * on the enclosing actor from within the callback. This would break the actor * encapsulation and may introduce synchronization bugs and race conditions because * the callback will be scheduled concurrently to the enclosing actor. Unfortunately * there is not yet a way to detect these illegal accesses at compile time. * * Recommended usage: * * {{{ * final Future f = Patterns.ask(worker, request, timeout); * f.onSuccess(new Procedure() { * public void apply(Object o) { * nextActor.tell(new EnrichedResult(request, o)); * } * }); * }}} */ def ask(actor: ActorRef, message: Any, timeout: Timeout): Future[AnyRef] = scalaAsk(actor, message)(timeout).asInstanceOf[Future[AnyRef]] /** * Java API for `akka.pattern.ask`: * Sends a message asynchronously and returns a [[scala.concurrent.Future]] * holding the eventual reply message; this means that the target actor * needs to send the result to the `sender` reference provided. The Future * will be completed with an [[akka.pattern.AskTimeoutException]] after the * given timeout has expired; this is independent from any timeout applied * while awaiting a result for this future (i.e. in * `Await.result(..., timeout)`). * * Warning: * When using future callbacks, inside actors you need to carefully avoid closing over * the containing actor’s object, i.e. do not call methods or access mutable state * on the enclosing actor from within the callback. This would break the actor * encapsulation and may introduce synchronization bugs and race conditions because * the callback will be scheduled concurrently to the enclosing actor. Unfortunately * there is not yet a way to detect these illegal accesses at compile time. * * Recommended usage: * * {{{ * final Future f = Patterns.ask(worker, request, timeout); * f.onSuccess(new Procedure() { * public void apply(Object o) { * nextActor.tell(new EnrichedResult(request, o)); * } * }); * }}} */ def ask(actor: ActorRef, message: Any, timeoutMillis: Long): Future[AnyRef] = scalaAsk(actor, message)(new Timeout(timeoutMillis)).asInstanceOf[Future[AnyRef]] /** * Register an onComplete callback on this [[scala.concurrent.Future]] to send * the result to the given actor reference. Returns the original Future to * allow method chaining. * * Recommended usage example: * * {{{ * final Future f = Patterns.ask(worker, request, timeout); * // apply some transformation (i.e. enrich with request info) * final Future transformed = f.map(new akka.japi.Function() { ... }); * // send it on to the next stage * Patterns.pipe(transformed).to(nextActor); * }}} */ def pipe[T](future: Future[T], context: ExecutionContext): PipeableFuture[T] = scalaPipe(future)(context) /** * Returns a [[scala.concurrent.Future]] that will be completed with success (value `true`) when * existing messages of the target actor has been processed and the actor has been * terminated. * * Useful when you need to wait for termination or compose ordered termination of several actors. * * If the target actor isn't terminated within the timeout the [[scala.concurrent.Future]] * is completed with failure [[akka.pattern.AskTimeoutException]]. */ def gracefulStop(target: ActorRef, timeout: FiniteDuration, system: ActorSystem): Future[java.lang.Boolean] = scalaGracefulStop(target, timeout)(system).asInstanceOf[Future[java.lang.Boolean]] /** * Returns a [[scala.concurrent.Future]] that will be completed with the success or failure of the provided Callable * after the specified duration. */ def after[T](duration: Duration, scheduler: Scheduler, context: ExecutionContext, value: Callable[Future[T]]): Future[T] = scalaAfter(duration, scheduler)(value.call())(context) /** * Returns a [[scala.concurrent.Future]] that will be completed with the success or failure of the provided value * after the specified duration. */ def after[T](duration: Duration, scheduler: Scheduler, context: ExecutionContext, value: Future[T]): Future[T] = scalaAfter(duration, scheduler)(value)(context) }