async activation on observers, why not CompletableFuture
by Romain Manni-Bucau
Hi guys,
on async topic if I followed we are at the point where we are looking for
an activation on the observer side.
Since Java 8 has now CompletableFuture it would be great to use it. Today
the spec doesnt use observer returned values so it is mainly a bad practise
to have one even if not strictly forbidden - BTW never saw it in real
applications - plus spec is not compatible - not specified at all -
with CompletableFuture since it is a new API so we can use it as a marker.
This is quite interesting for few reasons:
1- we have our double activation
2- API is user friendly (observer is async and has an async signature)
3- open door for future async enhancements (hopefully not in CDI) with
composition of these observers
Only point I'm not sure is should these observers support sync events. I
don't see anything blocking to do it but can have missed something.
wdyt?
Romain Manni-Bucau
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