From: Hannu Niemistö <hannu.niemisto@semantum.fi>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 14:44:31 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Merge "(refs #7607) Async module for running functions asynchronously"
X-Git-Tag: v1.31.0~50
X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.simantics.org/r/gitweb?p=simantics%2Fplatform.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=411b91db954684861999a5f66280a767055e8258;hp=a3b8f34329bc99cbef9fc995ae9875376b2aa825

Merge "(refs #7607) Async module for running functions asynchronously"
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diff --git a/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/scl/Async.scl b/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/scl/Async.scl
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+++ b/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/scl/Async.scl
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+importJava "org.simantics.scl.runtime.utils.AsyncUtils" where
+    runAsync :: (<Proc> a) -> <Proc> ()
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diff --git a/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/src/org/simantics/scl/runtime/utils/AsyncUtils.java b/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/src/org/simantics/scl/runtime/utils/AsyncUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcd8a4724
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+++ b/bundles/org.simantics.scl.runtime/src/org/simantics/scl/runtime/utils/AsyncUtils.java
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+package org.simantics.scl.runtime.utils;
+
+import org.simantics.scl.runtime.SCLContext;
+import org.simantics.scl.runtime.function.Function;
+import org.simantics.scl.runtime.tuple.Tuple0;
+
+public class AsyncUtils {
+    public static void runAsync(Function f) {
+        SCLContext context = SCLContext.getCurrent();
+        new Thread() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                SCLContext.push(context);
+                try {
+                    f.apply(Tuple0.INSTANCE);
+                } finally {
+                    SCLContext.pop();
+                }
+            }
+        }.start();
+    }
+}