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package scala.parallel
/** A future is a function without parameters that will block the caller if
* the parallel computation associated with the function is not completed.
*
* @tparam R the type of the result
*
* @since 2.9
*/
@deprecated("Use `scala.concurrent.Future` instead.", "2.10.0")
trait Future[@specialized +R] extends (() => R) {
/** Returns a result once the parallel computation completes. If the
* computation produced an exception, an exception is forwarded.
*
* '''Note:''' creating a circular dependency between futures by calling
* this method will result in a deadlock.
*
* @return the result
* @throws the exception that was thrown during a parallel computation
*/
def apply(): R
/** Returns `true` if the parallel computation is completed.
*
* @return `true` if the parallel computation is completed, `false` otherwise
*/
def isDone(): Boolean
}