lnd/actor/future.go
Olaoluwa Osuntokun 3069829d61
actor: add Future[T] and Promise[T] w/ concrete impls
In this commit, we add two new fundamental data structures: Future[T]
and Promise[T].

A future is a response that might be ready at some point in the future.
This is already a common pattern in Go, we just make a type safe wrapper
around the typical operations: block w/ a timeout, add a call back for
execution, pipeline the response to a new future.

A promise is an intent to complete a future. Typically the caller
receives the future, and the callee is able to complete the future using
a promise.
2026-02-06 19:26:54 -08:00

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Go

package actor
import (
"context"
"sync"
"sync/atomic"
"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/fn/v2"
)
// promiseImpl is a structure that can be used to complete a Future. It provides
// methods to set the result of an asynchronous operation and to obtain the
// Future interface for consumers.
// The promiseImpl itself is not typically exposed directly to consumers of the
// future's result; they interact with the Future interface.
type promiseImpl[T any] struct {
fut *futureImpl[T]
}
// NewPromise creates a new Promise. The associated Future, which consumers can
// use to await the result, can be obtained via the Future() method. The Future
// is completed by calling the Complete() method on this Promise.
func NewPromise[T any]() Promise[T] {
return &promiseImpl[T]{
fut: &futureImpl[T]{
// done is a channel that will be closed when the future
// is completed.
done: make(chan struct{}),
},
}
}
// Future returns the Future interface associated with this Promise. Consumers
// can use this to Await the result or register callbacks.
func (p *promiseImpl[T]) Future() Future[T] {
return p.fut
}
// Complete attempts to set the result of the future. It returns true if this
// call successfully set the result (i.e., it was the first to complete it),
// and false if the future had already been completed. This ensures that a
// future can only be completed once. The completion involves storing the result
// and signaling any goroutines waiting on the future's done channel.
func (p *promiseImpl[T]) Complete(result fn.Result[T]) bool {
var success bool
p.fut.completeOnce.Do(func() {
p.fut.resultCache.Store(&result)
close(p.fut.done)
success = true
})
return success
}
// futureImpl is the concrete implementation of the Future interface. It manages
// the state of an asynchronous computation's result.
type futureImpl[T any] struct {
// resultCache stores the fn.Result[T] after the future is completed.
// It's of type atomic.Pointer to allow lock-free reads after completion
// with improved type safety over atomic.Value.
resultCache atomic.Pointer[fn.Result[T]]
// done is closed once the future is completed, signaling any waiting
// Await calls.
done chan struct{}
// completeOnce ensures that the logic to set the result and close the
// done channel is executed only once.
completeOnce sync.Once
}
// Await blocks until the result is available or the passed context is
// cancelled. If the future is already completed, it returns the result
// immediately. Otherwise, it waits for either the future's completion or the
// context's cancellation.
func (f *futureImpl[T]) Await(ctx context.Context) fn.Result[T] {
// First, try a non-blocking load from the cache. If the future is
// already completed, this will return the result directly.
if resPtr := f.resultCache.Load(); resPtr != nil {
return *resPtr
}
// Wait for either the future to be done or the context to be cancelled.
select {
case <-f.done:
// The future has been completed. Load the result from the
// cache. It must be present now. Load and dereference.
// This load is safe because the 'done' channel is closed only
// after the resultCache is written (ensured by completeOnce).
resPtr := f.resultCache.Load()
// resPtr should not be nil here as <-f.done was signaled.
return *resPtr
case <-ctx.Done():
// The waiting context was cancelled before the future completed.
return fn.Err[T](ctx.Err())
}
}
// ThenApply registers a function to transform the result of a future. The
// original future is not modified; a new Future instance representing the
// transformed result is returned. Once the original future completes
// successfully, the provided transformation function (fApply) is called with
// the result. The transformation is applied asynchronously in a new goroutine.
// If the passed context is cancelled while waiting for the
// original future to complete, the returned future will yield the context's
// error.
func (f *futureImpl[T]) ThenApply(ctx context.Context,
fApply func(T) T) Future[T] {
// Create a new promise for the transformed result.
transformedPromise := NewPromise[T]()
go func() {
// Await the original future's result, respecting the passed
// context for cancellation.
originalResult := f.Await(ctx)
// If the original future completed with an error (or Await was
// cancelled by its context), complete the transformed future
// with the same error.
// This also handles the case where originalResult.Await(ctx)
// itself returned ctx.Err().
if originalResult.IsErr() {
transformedPromise.Complete(originalResult)
return
}
// Otherwise, the original future completed successfully. Apply the
// transformation function to its result.
originalResult.WhenOk(func(res T) {
newValue := fApply(res)
transformedPromise.Complete(fn.Ok(newValue))
})
}()
return transformedPromise.Future()
}
// OnComplete registers a function to be called when the result is ready. If the
// passed context is cancelled before the future completes, the callback
// function (cFunc) will be invoked with the context's error. The callback is
// executed in a new goroutine, so it does not block the completion path of the
// original future.
func (f *futureImpl[T]) OnComplete(ctx context.Context,
cFunc func(fn.Result[T])) {
go func() {
// Await the original future's result, respecting the passed
// context for cancellation.
result := f.Await(ctx)
// Call the callback function with the result.
cFunc(result)
}()
}