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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-4361: --------------------------------------- Github user mxm commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2472#discussion_r79599026 --- Diff: flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/concurrent/Future.java --- @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. 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A future is completed, if the result has been + * delivered. + * + * @return true if the future is completed; otherwise false + */ + boolean isDone(); + + /** + * Tries to cancel the future's operation. Note that not all future operations can be canceled. + * The result of the cancelling will be returned. + * + * @param mayInterruptIfRunning true iff the future operation may be interrupted + * @return true if the cancelling was successful; otherwise false + */ + boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning); + + /** + * Gets the result value of the future. If the future has not been completed, then this + * operation will block indefinitely until the result has been delivered. + * + * @return the result value + * @throws CancellationException if the future has been cancelled + * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread was interrupted while waiting for the result + * @throws ExecutionException if the future has been completed with an exception + */ + T get() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException; + + /** + * Gets the result value of the future. If the future has not been done, then this operation + * will block the given timeout value. If the result has not been delivered within the timeout, + * then the method throws an {@link TimeoutException}. + * + * @param timeout the time to wait for the future to be done + * @param unit time unit for the timeout argument + * @return the result value + * @throws CancellationException if the future has been cancelled + * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread was interrupted while waiting for the result + * @throws ExecutionException if the future has been completed with an exception + * @throws TimeoutException if the future has not been completed within the given timeout + */ + T get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException; + + /** + * Gets the value of the future. If the future has not been completed when calling this + * function, the given value is returned. + * + * @param valueIfAbsent value which is returned if the future has not been completed + * @return value of the future or the given value if the future has not been completed + * @throws ExecutionException if the future has been completed with an exception + */ + T getNow(T valueIfAbsent) throws ExecutionException; + + /** + * Applies the given function to the value of the future. The result of the apply function is + * the value of the newly returned future. + * <p> + * The apply function is executed asynchronously by the given executor. + * + * @param applyFunction function to apply to the future's value + * @param executor used to execute the given apply function asynchronously + * @param <R> type of the apply function's return value + * @return future representing the return value of the given apply function + */ + <R> Future<R> thenApplyAsync(ApplyFunction<? super T, ? extends R> applyFunction, Executor executor); + + /** + * Applies the accept function to the value of the future. Unlike the {@link ApplyFunction}, the + * {@link AcceptFunction} does not return a value. The returned future, thus, represents only + * the completion of the accept callback. + * <p> + * The accept function is executed asynchronously by the given executor. + * + * @param acceptFunction function to apply to the future's value + * @param executor used to execute the given apply function asynchronously + * @return future representing the completion of the accept callback + */ + Future<Void> thenAcceptAsync(AcceptFunction<? super T> acceptFunction, Executor executor); + + /** + * Applies the given function to the value of the future if the future has been completed + * exceptionally. The completing exception is given to the apply function which can return a new + * value which is the value of the returned future. + * <p> + * The apply function is executed asynchronously by the given executor. + * + * @param exceptionallyFunction to apply to the future's value if it is an exception + * @param executor used to execute the given apply function asynchronously + * @param <R> type of the apply function's return value + * @return future representing the return value of the given apply function + */ + <R> Future<R> exceptionallyAsync(ApplyFunction<Throwable, ? extends R> exceptionallyFunction, Executor executor); + + /** + * Applies the given function to the value of the future. The apply function can return a future --- End diff -- > can return a future should be > must return a future or > returns a future ? > Introduce Flink's own future abstraction > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-4361 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-4361 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: Distributed Coordination > Reporter: Stephan Ewen > Assignee: Till Rohrmann > > In order to keep the abstraction Scala Independent, we should not rely on > Scala Futures -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)