scala.concurrent.Future wrapper for java.util.concurrent.Future

Question

I\'m using Play Framework 2.1.1 with an external java library that produces a java.util.concurrent.Future result. I\'m using the scala future\'s as opposed to Akka which I t

Answer 1

Future {
  blocking {
    jfuture.get
  }
}

This lets the ExecutionContext know that what you are doing is going to block, giving it a chance to allocate more threads. If you do not include blocking { } then you may run out of threads.