acton-core 3.1.1

Acton Core provides the core functionality and abstractions used by the Acton Reactive crate. It includes the essential building blocks for creating reactive and distributed systems.
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use std::future::Future;
use std::pin::Pin;

/// A utility struct for creating act_on response futures.
pub struct AgentReply;

impl AgentReply {
    /// Creates a no-op (no operation) future.
    ///
    /// This method returns a future that does nothing and completes immediately.
    /// It's useful in situations where you need to provide a future but don't want
    /// it to perform any actual work.
    ///
    /// # Returns
    ///
    /// A pinned boxed future that resolves immediately without doing anything.
    /// ```
    pub fn immediate() -> Pin<Box<impl Future<Output=()> + Sized>> {
        Box::pin(async move {})
    }

    /// Wraps a future in a pinned box.
    ///
    /// This method is useful for converting a future into a pinned boxed future,
    /// which is required returning from async act_on message handlers.
    ///
    /// # Arguments
    ///
    /// * `future` - The future to be wrapped.
    ///
    /// # Returns
    ///
    /// A pinned boxed future.
    /// ```
    pub fn from_async<F>(future: F) -> Pin<Box<F>>
    where
        F: Future<Output=()> + Sized,
    {
        Box::pin(future)
    }
}