<@U0DDVMHBJ> If you are using `kotlinx.coroutines`...

# coroutines

[elizarov]

@anthonyeef If you are using kotlinx.coroutines library, then its async function returns a Deferred object that represent the future result of this asynchronous operation: https://kotlin.github.io/kotlinx.coroutines/kotlinx-coroutines-core/kotlinx.coroutines.experimental/async.html

[anthonyeef]

em… guess there should be more words coming?

[anthonyeef]

yeah I got it. Another question is how could I manage the sequence of multi coroutines? Seems dificult to handle. Is there function like Rx onNext() onComplete() method?

[elizarov]

There are channels for that. You shall start with this section of the guide: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/blob/master/coroutines-guide.md#channels

[elizarov]

Then I’d suggest looking at this document: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/blob/master/reactive/coroutines-guide-reactive.md

[anthonyeef]

thx! I think this is the part I miss 😍

[anthonyeef]

I am a bit confused. I dont have rx related dependencies in my project, with the link you show above, do I still need to add some extra denpendencies from rx-java ? or just use kotlin coroutines is fine enough?

[elizarov]

You can use coroutines either with or without rx