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Don Newtone0d34a82019-11-14 10:58:06 -05001// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
2// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
3// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
4
David K. Bainbridgee05cf0c2021-08-19 03:16:50 +00005//go:build !go1.9
Don Newtone0d34a82019-11-14 10:58:06 -05006// +build !go1.9
7
8package context
9
10import "time"
11
12// A Context carries a deadline, a cancelation signal, and other values across
13// API boundaries.
14//
15// Context's methods may be called by multiple goroutines simultaneously.
16type Context interface {
17 // Deadline returns the time when work done on behalf of this context
18 // should be canceled. Deadline returns ok==false when no deadline is
19 // set. Successive calls to Deadline return the same results.
20 Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool)
21
22 // Done returns a channel that's closed when work done on behalf of this
23 // context should be canceled. Done may return nil if this context can
24 // never be canceled. Successive calls to Done return the same value.
25 //
26 // WithCancel arranges for Done to be closed when cancel is called;
27 // WithDeadline arranges for Done to be closed when the deadline
28 // expires; WithTimeout arranges for Done to be closed when the timeout
29 // elapses.
30 //
31 // Done is provided for use in select statements:
32 //
33 // // Stream generates values with DoSomething and sends them to out
34 // // until DoSomething returns an error or ctx.Done is closed.
35 // func Stream(ctx context.Context, out chan<- Value) error {
36 // for {
37 // v, err := DoSomething(ctx)
38 // if err != nil {
39 // return err
40 // }
41 // select {
42 // case <-ctx.Done():
43 // return ctx.Err()
44 // case out <- v:
45 // }
46 // }
47 // }
48 //
49 // See http://blog.golang.org/pipelines for more examples of how to use
50 // a Done channel for cancelation.
51 Done() <-chan struct{}
52
53 // Err returns a non-nil error value after Done is closed. Err returns
54 // Canceled if the context was canceled or DeadlineExceeded if the
55 // context's deadline passed. No other values for Err are defined.
56 // After Done is closed, successive calls to Err return the same value.
57 Err() error
58
59 // Value returns the value associated with this context for key, or nil
60 // if no value is associated with key. Successive calls to Value with
61 // the same key returns the same result.
62 //
63 // Use context values only for request-scoped data that transits
64 // processes and API boundaries, not for passing optional parameters to
65 // functions.
66 //
67 // A key identifies a specific value in a Context. Functions that wish
68 // to store values in Context typically allocate a key in a global
69 // variable then use that key as the argument to context.WithValue and
70 // Context.Value. A key can be any type that supports equality;
71 // packages should define keys as an unexported type to avoid
72 // collisions.
73 //
74 // Packages that define a Context key should provide type-safe accessors
75 // for the values stores using that key:
76 //
77 // // Package user defines a User type that's stored in Contexts.
78 // package user
79 //
80 // import "golang.org/x/net/context"
81 //
82 // // User is the type of value stored in the Contexts.
83 // type User struct {...}
84 //
85 // // key is an unexported type for keys defined in this package.
86 // // This prevents collisions with keys defined in other packages.
87 // type key int
88 //
89 // // userKey is the key for user.User values in Contexts. It is
90 // // unexported; clients use user.NewContext and user.FromContext
91 // // instead of using this key directly.
92 // var userKey key = 0
93 //
94 // // NewContext returns a new Context that carries value u.
95 // func NewContext(ctx context.Context, u *User) context.Context {
96 // return context.WithValue(ctx, userKey, u)
97 // }
98 //
99 // // FromContext returns the User value stored in ctx, if any.
100 // func FromContext(ctx context.Context) (*User, bool) {
101 // u, ok := ctx.Value(userKey).(*User)
102 // return u, ok
103 // }
104 Value(key interface{}) interface{}
105}
106
107// A CancelFunc tells an operation to abandon its work.
108// A CancelFunc does not wait for the work to stop.
109// After the first call, subsequent calls to a CancelFunc do nothing.
110type CancelFunc func()