Dex.Future
Description: Reference for Dex.Future

### Class

# DexFuture

unstable since: 1

#### Description

    final class Dex.Future : GObject.TypeInstance
    {
      /* No available fields */
    }

No description available.

Available since: 1

#### Hierarchy

#### Ancestors

- DexObject

#### Descendants

- DexAsyncPair
- DexBlock
- DexCancellable
- DexDelayed
- DexFiber
- DexFutureSet
- DexPromise
- DexStaticFuture
- DexTimeout
- DexUnixSignal

#### Constructors

###### dex_future_all

Creates a new `DexFuture` that will resolve or reject when all futures either resolve or reject.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_all_race

Creates a new `DexFuture` that will resolve when all futures resolve or reject as soon as the first future rejects.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_all_racev

Creates a new `DexFuture` that resolves when all futures resolve.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_allv

Creates a new `DexFuture` that resolves when all futures resolve.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_any

Creates a new `DexFuture` that will resolve when any dependent future resolves, providing the same result as the resolved future.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_anyv

Creates a new `DexFuture` that resolves when the first future resolves.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_catch

Calls `callback` when `future` rejects.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_catch_loop

Asynchronously calls `callback` when `future` rejects.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_finally

Calls `callback` when `future` resolves or rejects.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_finally_loop

Asynchronously calls `callback` when `future` rejects or resolves.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_first

Creates a new `DexFuture` that resolves or rejects as soon as the first dependent future resolves or rejects, sharing the same result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_firstv

Creates a new `DexFuture` that resolves or rejects as soon as the first dependent future resolves or rejects, sharing the same result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_boolean

Creates a new `DexFuture` and resolves it with `v_bool`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_double

Creates a new `DexFuture` and resolves it with `v_double`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_errno

Creates a new rejected future using `errno_` as the value of errno for the GError.

since: 0.4

###### dex_future_new_for_error

Creates a read-only `DexFuture` that has rejected.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_float

Creates a new `DexFuture` and resolves it with `v_float`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_int

Creates a new `DexFuture` and resolves it with `v_int`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_int64

Creates a new `DexFuture` and resolves it with `v_int64`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_object

Creates a new `DexFuture` that is resolved with `value`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_pointer

Creates a new `DexFuture` that is resolved with `pointer` as a `G_TYPE_POINTER`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_string

Creates a new `DexFuture` and resolves it with `string`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_uint

Creates a new `DexFuture` and resolves it with `v_uint`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_uint64

Creates a new `DexFuture` and resolves it with `v_uint64`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_for_value

Creates a read-only `DexFuture` that has resolved.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_infinite

Creates an infinite future that will never resolve or reject. This can be useful when you want to mock a situation of “run forever” unless another future rejects or resolves.

since: 0.4

###### dex_future_new_reject

Creates a new `DexFuture` that is rejeced.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_take_boxed

Creates a new `DexFuture` that is resolved with `value`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_take_object

Creates a new `DexFuture` that is resolved with `value`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_take_string

Creates a new `DexFuture` and resolves it with `string`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_new_take_variant

Creates a new `DexFuture` that is resolved with `v_variant`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_then

Calls `callback` when `future` resolves.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_then_loop

Asynchronously calls `callback` when `future` resolves.

unstable since: 1

#### Instance methods

###### dex_await

Suspends the current `DexFiber` and resumes when `future` has completed.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_boolean

Awaits on `future` and returns the gboolean result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_boxed

Awaits on `future` and returns the `G_TYPE_BOXED` based result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_double

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an double.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_enum

Awaits on `future` and returns the enum result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_flags

Awaits on `future` and returns the flags result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_float

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an float.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_int

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an int.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_int64

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an int64.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_object

Awaits on `future` and returns the `GObject`-based result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_pointer

Calls `dex_await()` and returns the value of g_value_get_pointer(), otherwise `error` is set if the future rejected.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_string

Awaits on `future` and returns the string result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_uint

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an uint.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_uint64

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an uint64.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_variant

Awaits on `future` and returns the `G_TYPE_VARIANT` based result.

since: 0.4

###### dex_future_disown

Disowns a future, allowing it to run to completion even though there may be no observer interested in the futures completion or rejection.

since: 0.4

###### dex_future_get_name

No description available.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_get_status

No description available.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_get_value

No description available.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_set_static_name

Sets the name of the future with a static/internal string.

unstable since: 1

##### Methods inherited from DexObject (2)

###### dex_ref

Acquires a reference on the given object, and increases its reference count by one.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_unref

Releases a reference on the given object, and decreases its reference count by one.

unstable since: 1