Scala: List[Future] to Future[List] disregarding failed futures

Question

I\'m looking for a way to convert an arbitrary length list of Futures to a Future of List. I\'m using Playframework, so ultimately, what I really want is a Future[Resu

Answer 1

I tried Kevin's answer, and I ran into a glitch on my version of Scala (2.11.5)... I corrected that, and wrote a few additional tests if anyone is interested... here is my version >

implicit class FutureCompanionOps(val f: Future.type) extends AnyVal {

    /** Given a list of futures `fs`, returns the future holding the list of Try's of the futures from `fs`.
      * The returned future is completed only once all of the futures in `fs` have been completed.
      */
    def allAsTrys[T](fItems: /* future items */ List[Future[T]]): Future[List[Try[T]]] = {
      val listOfFutureTrys: List[Future[Try[T]]] = fItems.map(futureToFutureTry)
      Future.sequence(listOfFutureTrys)
    }

    def futureToFutureTry[T](f: Future[T]): Future[Try[T]] = {
      f.map(Success(_)) .recover({case x => Failure(x)})
    }

    def allFailedAsTrys[T](fItems: /* future items */ List[Future[T]]): Future[List[Try[T]]] = {
      allAsTrys(fItems).map(_.filter(_.isFailure))
    }

    def allSucceededAsTrys[T](fItems: /* future items */ List[Future[T]]): Future[List[Try[T]]] = {
      allAsTrys(fItems).map(_.filter(_.isSuccess))
    }
}


// Tests... 



  // allAsTrys tests
  //
  test("futureToFutureTry returns Success if no exception") {
    val future =  Future.futureToFutureTry(Future{"mouse"})
    Thread.sleep(0, 100)
    val futureValue = future.value
    assert(futureValue == Some(Success(Success("mouse"))))
  }
  test("futureToFutureTry returns Failure if exception thrown") {
    val future =  Future.futureToFutureTry(Future{throw new IllegalStateException("bad news")})
    Thread.sleep(5)            // need to sleep a LOT longer to get Exception from failure case... interesting.....
    val futureValue = future.value

    assertResult(true) {
      futureValue match {
        case Some(Success(Failure(error: IllegalStateException)))  => true
      }
    }
  }
  test("Future.allAsTrys returns Nil given Nil list as input") {
    val future =  Future.allAsTrys(Nil)
    assert ( Await.result(future, 100 nanosecond).isEmpty )
  }
  test("Future.allAsTrys returns successful item even if preceded by failing item") {
    val future1 =  Future{throw new IllegalStateException("bad news")}
    var future2 = Future{"dog"}

    val futureListOfTrys =  Future.allAsTrys(List(future1,future2))
    val listOfTrys =  Await.result(futureListOfTrys, 10 milli)
    System.out.println("successItem:" + listOfTrys);

    assert(listOfTrys(0).failed.get.getMessage.contains("bad news"))
    assert(listOfTrys(1) == Success("dog"))
  }
  test("Future.allAsTrys returns successful item even if followed by failing item") {
    var future1 = Future{"dog"}
    val future2 =  Future{throw new IllegalStateException("bad news")}

    val futureListOfTrys =  Future.allAsTrys(List(future1,future2))
    val listOfTrys =  Await.result(futureListOfTrys,  10 milli)
    System.out.println("successItem:" + listOfTrys);

    assert(listOfTrys(1).failed.get.getMessage.contains("bad news"))
    assert(listOfTrys(0) == Success("dog"))
  }
  test("Future.allFailedAsTrys returns the failed item and only that item") {
    var future1 = Future{"dog"}
    val future2 =  Future{throw new IllegalStateException("bad news")}

    val futureListOfTrys =  Future.allFailedAsTrys(List(future1,future2))
    val listOfTrys =  Await.result(futureListOfTrys,  10 milli)
    assert(listOfTrys(0).failed.get.getMessage.contains("bad news"))
    assert(listOfTrys.size == 1)
  }
  test("Future.allSucceededAsTrys returns the succeeded item and only that item") {
    var future1 = Future{"dog"}
    val future2 =  Future{throw new IllegalStateException("bad news")}

    val futureListOfTrys =  Future.allSucceededAsTrys(List(future1,future2))
    val listOfTrys =  Await.result(futureListOfTrys,  10 milli)
    assert(listOfTrys(0) == Success("dog"))
    assert(listOfTrys.size == 1)
  }