Re: [akka-user] calling code that uses jsr166y

2015-01-07 Thread Viktor Klang
Hi Tim, Akka fork-join-executor-based dispatchers uses Scala's embedded jsr166 version of FJ. I don't think it lets you work with FJT though. On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Tim Pigden wrote: > Hi Viktor, > Ok sorry - I'm not an expert in these matters - apologies for the > vagueness. I'll do

Re: [akka-user] calling code that uses jsr166y

2015-01-07 Thread Tim Pigden
Hi Viktor, Ok sorry - I'm not an expert in these matters - apologies for the vagueness. I'll do some homework and make him read the docs. Dispatcher looks a good place to start. -- >> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >> Check the FAQ: >> http://doc.akka.io/d

Re: [akka-user] calling code that uses jsr166y

2015-01-07 Thread Viktor Klang
Hmmm, I've reread your question a couple of times and I am not sure what you are asking, is there something more specific your wonder? (I don't know what goals you have) On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Tim Pigden wrote: > hi - yes > > > On 7 January 2015 at 11:32, Viktor Klang wrote: > >> Hi T

Re: [akka-user] calling code that uses jsr166y

2015-01-07 Thread Tim Pigden
hi - yes On 7 January 2015 at 11:32, Viktor Klang wrote: > Hi Tim, > > is it using ForkJoinTask/RecursiveTask directly? > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Tim Pigden wrote: > >> Hi >> I'm going to be calling some Java multi-threaded code that is currently >> using JSR166Y (due to backward

Re: [akka-user] calling code that uses jsr166y

2015-01-07 Thread Viktor Klang
Hi Tim, is it using ForkJoinTask/RecursiveTask directly? On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Tim Pigden wrote: > Hi > I'm going to be calling some Java multi-threaded code that is currently > using JSR166Y (due to backward compatibility requirements with some legacy > java 6 code). > > My Java de

[akka-user] calling code that uses jsr166y

2015-01-07 Thread Tim Pigden
Hi I'm going to be calling some Java multi-threaded code that is currently using JSR166Y (due to backward compatibility requirements with some legacy java 6 code). My Java developer wants to know if he should do a branch to use java7 (or 8) compatible fork join pool instead The intention is I