maybe the function takes an argument like runAsync((nonJavaFXTask) -> { callsIncludingStatus()…}

I think maybe something like this could work:

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Let me change that to include status

This has the added benefit of being able to configure error handlers etc before the task starts to run.

@edvin I don’t mind your original syntax…but we should provide a little more access to the Task internals (don’t forget about Title)

with background{}, loadCustomer() and other methods come from the class. status() comes from the framework

@carlw Everything inside

runAsync

has access to

Task

in that example.

Alternative is this, but it has a flaw:

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Now the task isn't configured until it has actually began running. Also, if you placed

fail

under the

loadCustomer

call, the

fail

handler would never be registered. So that sucks.

Dinner on the table, back soon 🙂

back 🙂

run

is not a reserved word.. hmm... Maybe we can evolve this thing without breaking backwards compatibility...

Testing something now.

Huh,, I thought

async

was reserved, but it's not it seems.. Gotta double check that.

"async is reserved in front of { and fun"

IDEA didn't complain, but OK.

run

is taken by stdlib.

execute

?

@permalmberg Much better!

Still can't do what I want and get rid of the type parameter though 😞

the type inference? It does a good job, but it has its limitations

Absolutely. It seems that it makes this impossible. I'll check if Kotlin 1.1 will change that. If so, I'll simply postpone this until it can be done right.

Tried with 1.1-M04. It still can't infer the type 😞

Aww 😞

@edvin I like the video you posted earlier. I know another project you're welcome to do the same on if it'd help promote Tfx 😉

@permalmberg Sweet, I'd love to take a look

The best we can do to get task as

this

inside

runAsync

is to remove the type from Task. That shouldn't be a big issue though. Testing now.

@edvin I'm of course referring to the project I'm working on (https://github.com/PerMalmberg/HAP), specifically the UI part of the Rule Engine module. Its my first TornadoFx/Kotlin/JavaFx project ever so I'm sure there are lots of things you'd have done differently.