asynchronous methods annotation

api/pom.xml

@@ -336,6 +336,16 @@
             <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
             <version>2.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
+            <version>4.0.0.Alpha2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.interceptor</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.interceptor-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.0</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.transaction</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.transaction-api</artifactId>

api/src/main/java/jakarta/enterprise/concurrent/Asynchronous.java

@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+ *
+ * This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
+ * Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the
+ * Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception, which is available at
+ * https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+ */
+
+package jakarta.enterprise.concurrent;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+import jakarta.enterprise.util.Nonbinding;
+import jakarta.interceptor.InterceptorBinding;
+
+/**
+ * Annotates a CDI managed bean method to run asynchronously.
+ * The CDI managed bean must not be a Jakarta Enterprise Bean,
+ * and neither the method nor its class can be annotated with
+ * the MicroProfile Asynchronous annotation.
+ * <p>
+ * The Jakarta EE Product Provider runs the method on a {@link ManagedExecutorService}
+ * and returns to the caller a {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture CompletableFuture}
+ * that is backed by the same <code>ManagedExecutorService</code>
+ * to represent the execution of the method. The <code>ManagedExecutorService</code>
+ * is the default asynchronous execution facility for the <code>CompletableFuture</code>
+ * and and all dependent stages that are created from those, and so on,
+ * as defined by the <code>ManagedExecutorService</code> JavaDoc API.
+ * The Jakarta EE Product Provider makes this <code>CompletableFuture</code> available
+ * to the asynchronous method implementation via the
+ * {@link Result#getFuture Asynchronous.Result.getFuture} and
+ * {@link Result#complete Asynchronous.Result.complete} methods.
+ * <p>
+ * For example,
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * {@literal @}Asynchronous
+ * public CompletableFuture{@literal <Double>} hoursWorked(LocalDate from, LocalDate to) {
+ *     // Application component's context is made available to the async method,
+ *     try (Connection con = ((DataSource) InitialContext.doLookup(
+ *         "java:comp/env/jdbc/timesheetDB")).getConnection()) {
+ *         ...
+ *         return Asynchronous.Result.complete(total);
+ *     } catch (NamingException | SQLException x) {
+ *         throw new CompletionException(x);
+ *     }
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * with usage,
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * hoursWorked(mon, fri).thenAccept(total {@literal ->} {
+ *     // Application component's context is made available to dependent stage actions,
+ *     DataSource ds = InitialContext.doLookup(
+ *         "java:comp/env/jdbc/payrollDB");
+ *     ...
+ * });
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * When the asynchronous method implementation returns a different
+ * <code>CompletableFuture</code> instance, the Jakarta EE Product Provider
+ * uses the completion of that instance to complete the <code>CompletableFuture</code>
+ * that the Jakarta EE Product Provider returns to the caller,
+ * completing it with the same result or exception.
+ * <p>
+ * For example,
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * {@literal @}Asynchronous
+ * public CompletableFuture{@literal <List<Itinerary>>} findSingleLayoverFlights(Location source, Location dest) {
+ *     try {
+ *         ManagedExecutorService executor = InitialContext.doLookup(
+ *             "java:comp/DefaultManagedExecutorService");
+ *
+ *         return executor.supplyAsync(source::flightsFrom)
+ *                        .thenCombine(executor.completedFuture(dest.flightsTo()),
+ *                                     Itinerary::sourceMatchingDest);
+ *     } catch (NamingException x) {
+ *         throw new CompletionException(x);
+ *     }
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * with usage,
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * findSingleLayoverFlights(RST, DEN).thenApply(Itinerary::sortByPrice);
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Methods with the following return types can be annotated to be
+ * asynchronous methods:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>{@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture CompletableFuture}</li>
+ * <li>{@link java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage CompletionStage}</li>
+ * <li><code>void</code></li>
+ * </ul>
+ * <p>
+ * The Jakarta EE Product Provider raises
+ * {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException UnsupportedOperationException}
+ * if other return types are used or if the annotation is placed at the class
+ * level. The injection target of <code>ElementType.TYPE</code> is to be used only
+ * by the CDI extension that is implemented by the Jakarta EE Product Provider to
+ * register the asynchronous method interceptor. Applications must only use the
+ * asynchronous method annotation at method level.
+ * <p>
+ * Exceptions that are raised by asynchronous methods are not raised directly
+ * to the caller because the method runs asynchronously to the caller.
+ * Instead, the <code>CompletableFuture</code> that represents the result
+ * is completed with the raised exception. Asynchronous methods are
+ * discouraged from raising checked exceptions because checked exceptions
+ * force the caller to write exception handling code that is unreachable.
+ * When a checked exception occurs, the asynchronous method implementation
+ * can flow the exception back to the resulting <code>CompletableFuture</code>
+ * either by raising a
+ * {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletionException CompletionException}
+ * with the original exception as the cause, or it can take the equivalent
+ * approach of exceptionally completing the <code>CompletableFuture</code>, using
+ * {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture#completeExceptionally completeExceptionally}
+ * to supply the original exception as the cause.
+ * <p>
+ * Except where otherwise stated, the Jakarta EE Product Provider raises
+ * {@link java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException RejectedExecutionException}
+ * upon invocation of the asynchronous method if evident upfront that it cannot
+ * be accepted, for example if the JNDI name is not valid or points to something
+ * other than a managed executor resource. If determined at a later point that the
+ * asynchronous method cannot run (for example, if unable to establish thread context),
+ * then the Jakarta EE Product Provider completes the <code>CompletableFuture</code>
+ * exceptionally with {@link java.util.concurrent.CancellationException CancellationException},
+ * and chains a cause exception if there is any.
+ * <p>
+ * The Jakarta EE Product Provider must assign the interceptor for asynchronous methods
+ * to have priority of <code>Interceptor.Priority.PLATFORM_BEFORE + 5</code>.
+ * Interceptors with a lower priority, such as <code>Transactional</code>, must run on
+ * the thread where the asynchronous method executes, rather than on the submitting thread.
+ * When an asynchronous method is annotated as <code>Transactional</code>,
+ * the transactional types which can be used are:
+ * <code>TxType.REQUIRES_NEW</code>, which causes the method to run in a new transaction, and
+ * <code>TxType.NOT_SUPPORTED</code>, which causes the method to run with no transaction.
+ * All other transaction attributes must result in
+ * {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException UnsupportedOperationException}
+ * upon invocation of the asynchronous method.
+ *
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+// TODO the above restrictions on Transactional interceptors could be eliminated
+// if transaction context propagation is later added to the spec.
+@Documented
+@Inherited
+@InterceptorBinding
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE })
+public @interface Asynchronous {
+    /**
+     * JNDI name of a {@link ManagedExecutorService} or {@link ManagedScheduledExecutorService}
+     * upon which to run the asynchronous method.
+     * <p>
+     * The default value is the JNDI name of the built-in <code>ManagedExecutorService</code>
+     * that is provided by the Jakarta EE platform provider:<br>
+     * <code>java:comp/DefaultManagedExecutorService</code>
+     *
+     * @return managed executor service JNDI name.
+     */
+    @Nonbinding
+    String executor() default "java:comp/DefaultManagedExecutorService";
+
+    /**
+     * Mechanism by which the Jakarta EE Product Provider makes available
+     * to the asynchronous method implementation the same
+     * {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture CompletableFuture}
+     * instance that the Jakarta EE Product Provider supplies to the caller
+     * of the asynchronous method.
+     * <p>
+     * Before invoking the asynchronous method implementation on a thread,
+     * the Jakarta EE Product Provider invokes the {@link #setFuture} method
+     * which makes available to the asynchronous method implementation
+     * the same <code>CompletableFuture</code> that the Jakarta EE Product Provider
+     * returns to the caller.
+     * <p>
+     * The asynchronous method implementation invokes the {@link #getFuture} method
+     * to obtain the same <code>CompletableFuture</code> that the
+     * Jakarta EE Product Provider returns to the caller.
+     * The asynchronous method implementation can choose to complete
+     * this future (normally or exceptionally) or otherwise arrange for its
+     * completion, for example upon completion of a pipeline of completion stages.
+     * Having this same <code>CompletableFuture</code> also enables the asynchronous
+     * method implementation to determine if the caller has forcibly completed
+     * (such as by cancellation or any other means) the <code>CompletableFuture</code>,
+     * in which case the asynchronous method implementation could decide to end
+     * immediately rather than continue processing.
+     * <p>
+     * For example,
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * {@literal @}Asynchronous
+     * public CompletableFuture{@literal <Double>} hoursWorked(LocalDateTime from, LocalDateTime to) {
+     *     CompletableFuture{@literal <Double>} future = Asynchronous.Result.getFuture();
+     *     if (future.isDone())
+     *         return future;
+     *
+     *     try (Connection con = ((DataSource) InitialContext.doLookup(
+     *         "java:comp/env/jdbc/timesheetDB")).getConnection()) {
+     *         ...
+     *         for (ResultSet result = stmt.executeQuery(); result.next() {@literal &&} !future.isDone(); )
+     *             ...
+     *         future.complete(total);
+     *     } catch (NamingException | SQLException x) {
+     *         future.completeExceptionally(x);
+     *     }
+     *     return future;
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * After the asynchronous method completes, the Jakarta EE Product Provider
+     * invokes the {@link #setFuture} method with a <code>null</code> value
+     * to clear it from the thread.
+     *
+     * @since 3.0
+     */
+    public static class Result {
+        private static final ThreadLocal<CompletableFuture<?>> FUTURES = new ThreadLocal<CompletableFuture<?>>();
+
+        /**
+         * Completes the {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture CompletableFuture}
+         * instance that the Jakarta EE Product Provider supplies to the caller of the
+         * asynchronous method.
+         * <p>
+         * This method must only be invoked by the asynchronous method implementation.
+         *
+         * @param <T>    type of result returned by the asynchronous method's <code>CompletableFuture</code>.
+         * @param result result with which to complete the asynchronous method's <code>CompletableFuture</code>.
+         * @return the same <code>CompletableFuture</code> that the container returns to the caller.
+         * @throws IllegalStateException if the <code>CompletableFuture</code> for an asynchronous
+         *                                   method is not present on the thread.
+         */
+        public static <T> CompletableFuture<T> complete(final T result) {
+            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+            CompletableFuture<T> future = (CompletableFuture<T>) FUTURES.get();
+            if (future == null) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException();
+            }
+            future.complete(result);
+            return future;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Obtains the same {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture CompletableFuture}
+         * instance that the Jakarta EE Product Provider supplies to the caller of the
+         * asynchronous method.
+         * <p>
+         * This method must only be invoked by the asynchronous method implementation.
+         *
+         * @param <T>  type of result returned by the asynchronous method's <code>CompletableFuture</code>.
+         * @return the same <code>CompletableFuture</code> that the container returns to the caller.
+         * @throws IllegalStateException if the <code>CompletableFuture</code> for an asynchronous
+         *                                   method is not present on the thread.
+         */
+        public static <T> CompletableFuture<T> getFuture() {
+            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+            CompletableFuture<T> future = (CompletableFuture<T>) FUTURES.get();
+            if (future == null) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException();
+            }
+            return future;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Before invoking the asynchronous method implementation on a thread,
+         * the Jakarta EE Product Provider invokes this method to make available
+         * to the asynchronous method implementation the same <code>CompletableFuture</code>
+         * that the Jakarta EE Product Provider returns to the caller.
+         * <p>
+         * After the asynchronous method completes, the Jakarta EE Product Provider
+         * invokes this method with a <code>null</code> value
+         * to clear it from the thread.
+         * <p>
+         * This method must only be invoked by the Jakarta EE Product Provider.
+         *
+         * @param <T>    type of result returned by the asynchronous method's <code>CompletableFuture</code>.
+         * @param future <code>CompletableFuture</code> that the container returns to the caller,
+         *               or <code>null</code> to clear it.
+         */
+        public static <T> void setFuture(final CompletableFuture<T> future) {
+            if (future == null) {
+                FUTURES.remove();
+            } else {
+                FUTURES.set(future);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}