NAME `AnyEvent::Future' - use Future with AnyEvent SYNOPSIS use AnyEvent; use AnyEvent::Future; my $future = AnyEvent::Future->new; some_async_function( ..., cb => sub { $future->done( @_ ) } ); print Future->await_any( $future, AnyEvent::Future->new_timeout( after => 10 ), )->get; DESCRIPTION This subclass of Future integrates with AnyEvent, allowing the `await' method to block until the future is ready. It allows `AnyEvent'-using code to be written that returns `Future' instances, so that it can make full use of `Future''s abilities, including Future::Utils, and also that modules using it can provide a `Future'-based asynchronous interface of their own. For a full description on how to use Futures, see the Future documentation. CONSTRUCTORS $f = AnyEvent::Future->new Returns a new leaf future instance, which will allow waiting for its result to be made available, using the `await' method. $f = AnyEvent::Future->new_delay( @args ) $f = AnyEvent::Future->new_timeout( @args ) Returns a new leaf future instance that will become ready at the time given by the arguments, which will be passed to the `AnyEvent->timer' method. `new_delay' returns a future that will complete successfully at the alotted time, whereas `new_timeout' returns a future that will fail with the message `Timeout'. AUTHOR Paul Evans