akka.pattern

Interface PromiseRef<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AskPromiseRef, PromiseRefImpl

public interface PromiseRef<T>

A combination of a Promise and an ActorRef associated with it, which points to an actor performing a task which will eventually resolve the Promise.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
scala.concurrent.Future<T>	future() Future containing the value of the Promise associated with this PromiseRef.
scala.concurrent.Promise<T>	promise() Promise associated with this PromiseRef.
ActorRef	ref() ActorRef associated with this PromiseRef.
FutureRef<T>	toFutureRef() Converts this PromiseRef to FutureRef, effectively narrowing it's API.

Method Detail

ref

ActorRef ref()

ActorRef associated with this PromiseRef.

Returns:

(undocumented)

promise

scala.concurrent.Promise<T> promise()

Promise associated with this PromiseRef.

Returns:

(undocumented)

future

scala.concurrent.Future<T> future()

Future containing the value of the Promise associated with this PromiseRef.

Returns:

(undocumented)

toFutureRef

FutureRef<T> toFutureRef()

Converts this PromiseRef to FutureRef, effectively narrowing it's API.

Returns:

(undocumented)