if I have a coroutine like this: ``` val deleteJob = runBlocking ...

# coroutines

[Hexa]

if I have a coroutine like this:

val  deleteJob = runBlocking {
                    withTimeoutOrNull(10000L) {
                        launch(<http://Dispatchers.IO|Dispatchers.IO>) { s.deleteItem(xyz) }
                        launch(<http://Dispatchers.IO|Dispatchers.IO>) { s.deleteItem(abc) }
                    }
                }

which one of these is the best way to handle a couroutine that timedout?

if(deleteJob!!.isCancelled){
                    //do something
                }

// or

if(deleteJob == null){
                    //do something
                }

[r2vq]

Is this a Coroutine specific question or just a handling of Booleans? question?

if (deleteJob.isCancelled != false) {
    // do something
}

That would handle both cases without risk of NPE right?

[dector]

I suppose that deleteJob will be always job for s.deleteItem(abc) or null.

[Hexa]

thanks @r2vq, and @dector , just to clarify, will if (deleteJob.isCancelled != false) evaluate to true if the if deleteJob times out and becomes null?

[r2vq]

It’ll evaluate to false if isCancelled is true or null. I think what I meant to put was

if (deleteJob?.isCancelled != false) {
    // do something
}

[r2vq]

That will evaluate to false if deleteJob is null as well

[Hexa]

cool will try that thanks @r2vq