Scala example source code file (DelayedLazyVal.scala)

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The Scala DelayedLazyVal.scala source code

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package scala.concurrent

import ops.future

/** A <code>DelayedLazyVal is a wrapper for lengthy
 *  computations which have a valid partially computed result.
 *  The first argument is a function for obtaining the result
 *  at any given point in time, and the second is the lengthy
 *  computation.  Once the computation is complete, the apply()
 *  method will stop recalculating it and return a fixed value
 *  from that point forward.
 *
 *  @param  f      the function to obtain the current value at any point in time
 *  @param  body   the computation to run to completion in another thread
 *
 *  @author  Paul Phillips
 *  @version 2.8
 */
class DelayedLazyVal[T](f: () => T, body: => Unit) {
  @volatile private[this] var _isDone = false
  private[this] lazy val complete = f()

  /** Whether the computation is complete.
   *
   *  @return true if the computation is complete.
   */
  def isDone = _isDone
  
  /** The current result of f(), or the final result if complete.
   *
   *  @return the current value
   */
  def apply(): T = if (isDone) complete else f()
  
  future {
    body
    _isDone = true
  }
}