pub struct Promise { /* private fields */ }
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A structure representing a result of the scheduled execution on another contract.

Smart contract developers will explicitly use Promise in two situations:

  • When they need to return Promise.

    In the following code if someone calls method ContractA::a they will internally cause an execution of method ContractB::b of bob_near account, and the return value of ContractA::a will be what ContractB::b returned.

#[ext_contract]
pub trait ContractB {
    fn b(&mut self);
}

#[near_bindgen]
#[derive(Default, BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize)]
struct ContractA {}

#[near_bindgen]
impl ContractA {
    pub fn a(&self) -> Promise {
        contract_b::b("bob_near".parse().unwrap(), 0, Gas(1_000))
    }
}
  • When they need to create a transaction with one or many actions, e.g. the following code schedules a transaction that creates an account, transfers tokens, and assigns a public key:
Promise::new("bob_near".parse().unwrap())
  .create_account()
  .transfer(1000)
  .add_full_access_key(env::signer_account_pk());

Implementations

Create a promise that acts on the given account.

Create account on which this promise acts.

Deploy a smart contract to the account on which this promise acts.

A low-level interface for making a function call to the account that this promise acts on.

Transfer tokens to the account that this promise acts on.

Stake the account for the given amount of tokens using the given public key.

Add full access key to the given account.

Add full access key to the given account with a provided nonce.

Add an access key that is restricted to only calling a smart contract on some account using only a restricted set of methods. Here function_names is a comma separated list of methods, e.g. "method_a,method_b".to_string().

Add an access key with a provided nonce.

Delete access key from the given account.

Delete the given account.

Merge this promise with another promise, so that we can schedule execution of another smart contract right after all merged promises finish.

Note, once the promises are merged it is not possible to add actions to them, e.g. the following code will panic during the execution of the smart contract:

let p1 = Promise::new("bob_near".parse().unwrap()).create_account();
let p2 = Promise::new("carol_near".parse().unwrap()).create_account();
let p3 = p1.and(p2);
// p3.create_account();

Schedules execution of another promise right after the current promise finish executing.

In the following code bob_near and dave_near will be created concurrently. carol_near creation will wait for bob_near to be created, and eva_near will wait for both carol_near and dave_near to be created first.

let p1 = Promise::new("bob_near".parse().unwrap()).create_account();
let p2 = Promise::new("carol_near".parse().unwrap()).create_account();
let p3 = Promise::new("dave_near".parse().unwrap()).create_account();
let p4 = Promise::new("eva_near".parse().unwrap()).create_account();
p1.then(p2).and(p3).then(p4);

A specialized, relatively low-level API method. Allows to mark the given promise as the one that should be considered as a return value.

In the below code a1 and a2 functions are equivalent.

#[ext_contract]
pub trait ContractB {
    fn b(&mut self);
}

#[near_bindgen]
#[derive(Default, BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize)]
struct ContractA {}

#[near_bindgen]
impl ContractA {
    pub fn a1(&self) {
       contract_b::b("bob_near".parse().unwrap(), 0, Gas(1_000)).as_return();
    }

    pub fn a2(&self) -> Promise {
       contract_b::b("bob_near".parse().unwrap(), 0, Gas(1_000))
    }
}

Trait Implementations

Until we implement strongly typed promises we serialize them as unit struct.

Recursively, using DFS, add type definitions required for this type. For primitive types this is an empty map. Type definition explains how to serialize/deserialize a type. Read more

Get the name of the type without brackets.

Helper method to add a single type definition to the map.

Serialize this instance into a vector of bytes.

Executes the destructor for this type. Read more

Converts to this type from the input type.

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer. Read more

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