sealed trait Spool[+A] extends AnyRef

Note: Spool is no longer the recommended asynchronous stream abstraction. We encourage you to use AsyncStream instead. See Spools for the Java adaptation of the Spool companion object.

A spool is an asynchronous stream. It more or less mimics the scala {{Stream}} collection, but with cons cells that have either eager or deferred tails.

Construction of eager Spools is done with either Spool.cons or the {{**::}} operator. To construct a lazy/deferred Spool which materializes its tail on demand, use the {{*::}} operator. In order to use these operators for deconstruction, they must be imported explicitly (ie: {{import Spool.{*::, **:: }}} )

def fill(rest: Promise[Spool[Int]]) {
  asyncProcess foreach { result =>
    if (result.last) {
      rest() = Return(result **:: Spool.empty)
    } else {
      val next = new Promise[Spool[Int]]
      rest() = Return(result *:: next)
      fill(next)
    }
  }
}
val rest = new Promise[Spool[Int]]
fill(rest)
firstElem *:: rest

explicitly (ie: {{import Spool.{*::, **:: }}}

def fill(rest: Promise[Spool[Int]]) {
  asyncProcess foreach { result =>
    if (result.last) {
      rest() = Return(result **:: Spool.empty)
    } else {
      val next = new Promise[Spool[Int]]
      rest() = Return(result *:: next)
      fill(next)
    }
  }
}
val rest = new Promise[Spool[Int]]
fill(rest)
firstElem *:: rest
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  1. abstract def head: A

    The first element of the spool.

    The first element of the spool. Invalid for empty spools.

  2. abstract def isEmpty: Boolean
  3. abstract def tail: Future[Spool[A]]

    The (deferred) tail of the spool.

    The (deferred) tail of the spool. Invalid for empty spools.

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  1. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean
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  2. final def ##: Int
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  3. def ++[B >: A](that: => Future[Spool[B]]): Future[Spool[B]]

    Concatenates two spools.

  4. def ++[B >: A](that: => Spool[B]): Spool[B]

    Concatenates two spools.

  5. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean
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  6. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0
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  7. def clone(): AnyRef
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    @throws(classOf[java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException]) @native()
  8. def collect[B](f: PartialFunction[A, B]): Future[Spool[B]]

    The standard Scala collect, in order to implement map & filter.

    The standard Scala collect, in order to implement map & filter.

    It may seem unnatural to return a Future[…] here, but we cannot know whether the first element exists until we have applied its filter.

  9. def concat[B >: A](that: Future[Spool[B]]): Future[Spool[B]]

    See also

    operator ++

  10. def concat[B >: A](that: Spool[B]): Spool[B]

    See also

    operator ++

  11. def distinctBy[B](fn: (A) => B): Spool[A]

    Builds a new Spool from this one by filtering out duplicate elements, elements for which fn returns the same value.

    Builds a new Spool from this one by filtering out duplicate elements, elements for which fn returns the same value.

    NB: this has space consumption O(N) of the number of distinct items

  12. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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  13. def equals(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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  14. def filter(f: (A) => Boolean): Future[Spool[A]]
  15. def finalize(): Unit
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    @throws(classOf[java.lang.Throwable])
  16. def flatMap[B](f: (A) => Future[Spool[B]]): Future[Spool[B]]

    Applies a function that generates a spool for each element in this spool, flattening the result into a single spool.

  17. def foldLeft[B](z: B)(f: (B, A) => B): Future[B]
  18. def force: Future[Unit]

    Eagerly executes all computation represented by this Spool (presumably for side-effects), and returns a Future representing its completion.

  19. def foreach[B](f: (A) => B): Future[Unit]

    Apply {{f}} for each item in the spool, until the end.

    Apply {{f}} for each item in the spool, until the end. {{f}} is applied as the items become available.

  20. def foreachElem[B](f: (Option[A]) => B): Future[Unit]

    A version of {{foreach}} that wraps each element in an {{Option}}, terminating the stream (EOF) with {{None}}.

  21. final def getClass(): Class[_ <: AnyRef]
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    @native()
  22. def hashCode(): Int
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  23. def headOption: Option[A]

    The first element of the spool if it is non-empty.

  24. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean
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  25. def map[B](f: (A) => B): Spool[B]
  26. def mapFuture[B](f: (A) => Future[B]): Future[Spool[B]]

    Applies a function that generates a Future[B] for each element of this spool.

    Applies a function that generates a Future[B] for each element of this spool. The returned future is satisfied when the head of the resulting spool is available.

  27. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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  28. final def notify(): Unit
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    @native()
  29. final def notifyAll(): Unit
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  30. def reduceLeft[B >: A](f: (B, A) => B): Future[B]
  31. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: => T0): T0
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  32. def take(n: Int): Spool[A]

    Take the first n elements of the Spool as another Spool (adapted from Stream.take)

  33. def takeWhile(f: (A) => Boolean): Spool[A]

    Take elements from the head of the Spool (lazily), while the given condition is true.

  34. def toSeq: Future[Seq[A]]

    Fully buffer the spool to a {{Seq}}.

    Fully buffer the spool to a {{Seq}}. The returned future is satisfied when the entire result is ready.

  35. def toString(): String
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  36. final def wait(): Unit
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    @throws(classOf[java.lang.InterruptedException])
  37. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit
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    @throws(classOf[java.lang.InterruptedException])
  38. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit
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  39. def zip[B](that: Spool[B]): Spool[(A, B)]

    Zips two Spools returning a Spool of Tuple2s.

    Zips two Spools returning a Spool of Tuple2s.

    If one Spool is shorter, excess elements of the longer Spool are discarded.

    c.f. scala.collection.immutable.Stream#zip

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