class Celluloid::FutureProxy - celluloid-0.16.0 Documentation

# class Celluloid::FutureProxy

A proxy which creates future calls to an actor

### Attributes

mailbox[R]

### Public Class Methods

new(mailbox, klass) click to toggle source

    # File lib/celluloid/proxies/future_proxy.rb, line 9
    def initialize(mailbox, klass)
      @mailbox, @klass = mailbox, klass
    end

### Public Instance Methods

__class__() click to toggle source

Used for reflecting on proxy objects themselves

    # File lib/celluloid/proxies/future_proxy.rb, line 7
    def __class__; FutureProxy; end

inspect() click to toggle source

    # File lib/celluloid/proxies/future_proxy.rb, line 13
    def inspect
      "#<Celluloid::FutureProxy(#{@klass})>"
    end

method_missing(meth, *args, &block) click to toggle source

    # File lib/celluloid/proxies/future_proxy.rb, line 17
    def method_missing(meth, *args, &block)
      unless @mailbox.alive?
        raise DeadActorError, "attempted to call a dead actor"
      end

      if block_given?
        # FIXME: nicer exception
        raise "Cannot use blocks with futures yet"
      end

      future = Future.new
      call = SyncCall.new(future, meth, args, block)

      @mailbox << call

      future
    end