// Copyright (C) 2014 Space Monkey, Inc. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package utils import ( "sync" ) // Future is a type that is essentially the inverse of a channel. With a // channel, you have multiple senders and one receiver. With a future, you can // have multiple receivers and one sender. Additionally, a future protects // against double-sends. Since this is usually used for returning function // results, we also capture and return error values as well. Use NewFuture // to initialize. type Future struct { mutex *sync.Mutex cond *sync.Cond received bool val interface{} err error } // NewFuture returns an initialized and ready Future. func NewFuture() *Future { mutex := &sync.Mutex{} return &Future{ mutex: mutex, cond: sync.NewCond(mutex), received: false, val: nil, err: nil, } } // Get blocks until the Future has a value set. func (self *Future) Get() (interface{}, error) { self.mutex.Lock() defer self.mutex.Unlock() for { if self.received { return self.val, self.err } self.cond.Wait() } } // Fired returns whether or not a value has been set. If Fired is true, Get // won't block. func (self *Future) Fired() bool { self.mutex.Lock() defer self.mutex.Unlock() return self.received } // Set provides the value to present and future Get calls. If Set has already // been called, this is a no-op. func (self *Future) Set(val interface{}, err error) { self.mutex.Lock() defer self.mutex.Unlock() if self.received { return } self.received = true self.val = val self.err = err self.cond.Broadcast() }