Package org.objectweb.proactive.core.body.future

Provides the definition and implementation of the future object.

See:
          Description

Interface Summary
Future An object implementing this interface if a place holder object for an upcomming result yet to come.
FutureEventProducer  
LocalFuture  
 

Class Summary
FutureEventProducerImpl  
FutureMap Data structure which stores futures and corresponding automatic continuation to do.
FuturePool  
FutureProxy This proxy class manages the semantic of future objects
FutureResult This class is a placeholder for the result of a method call, it can be an Object or a thrown Exception.
 

Package org.objectweb.proactive.core.body.future Description

Provides the definition and implementation of the future object.

Asynchronous call are very useful to enhance the performances of carefully designed applications. It allows the caller of a method to perform other tasks while its request is being processed.

For more information about the creation of future objects, see the documentation

Since:
ProActive 0.7
Version:
1.0, 2001/10/23
Author:
ProActive Team


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