Accessing value returned by scala futures

Question

I am a newbie to scala futures and I have a doubt regarding the return value of scala futures.

So, generally syntax for a scala future is

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Answer 1

It wasn't yet mentioned, so I want to emphasize the point of using Future with for-comprehension and the difference of sequential and parallel execution.

For example, for sequential execution:

object FuturesSequential extends App {

  def job(n: Int) = Future {
    Thread.sleep(1000)
    println(s"Job $n")
  }

  val f = for {
    f1 <- job(1)
    f2 <- job(2)
    f3 <- job(3)
    f4 <- job(4)
    f5 <- job(5)
  } yield List(f1, f2, f3, f4, f5)
  f.map(res => println(s"Done. ${res.size} jobs run"))
  Thread.sleep(6000) // We need to prevent main thread from quitting too early
}

And for parallel execution (note that the Future are before the for-comprehension):

object FuturesParallel extends App {

  def job(n: Int) = Future {
    Thread.sleep(1000)
    println(s"Job $n")
  }

  val j1 = job(1)
  val j2 = job(2)
  val j3 = job(3)
  val j4 = job(4)
  val j5 = job(5)

  val f = for {
    f1 <- j1
    f2 <- j2
    f3 <- j3
    f4 <- j4
    f5 <- j5
  } yield List(f1, f2, f3, f4, f5)
  f.map(res => println(s"Done. ${res.size} jobs run"))
  Thread.sleep(6000) // We need to prevent main thread from quitting too early
}