The Scala Promise

In this section, we will discuss the second component of the Scala Future API—Promise.

A Scala Promise is something similar to a Scala Future. Like a Scala Future, a Scala Promise may have a value or an exception. They have some minor differences in the actual functionality. Let's discuss them in the following sub-sections.

What is a Scala Promise?

Like a Scala Future, a Scala Promise is an object used to write AP. It is used to execute asynchronous code.

Like a Scala Future, a Scala Promise may have a value if it finishes successfully, or an exception or error if it finishes with some failure. We can say a Promise is completed if it finishes with a value or an exception. The following diagram...