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authorLinus Jahn <lnj@kaidan.im>2023-01-28 17:08:05 +0100
committerLinus Jahn <lnj@kaidan.im>2023-01-28 17:19:35 +0100
commit8ac881a544e8fc7f85d78132610fce1b696d2025 (patch)
tree60742c9e76e7f404c96ba902b6e86fe90ce6e3c8 /src/base/QXmppTask.h
parent5602c655ac32000e113dffc4aef2b3ed8d733c58 (diff)
downloadqxmpp-8ac881a544e8fc7f85d78132610fce1b696d2025.tar.gz
Task/Promise: Don't allow abstract types
Supporting abstract types only has little advantages and we might want to store the result by value later.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/base/QXmppTask.h')
-rw-r--r--src/base/QXmppTask.h9
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/base/QXmppTask.h b/src/base/QXmppTask.h
index 141cf10e..84ba8a33 100644
--- a/src/base/QXmppTask.h
+++ b/src/base/QXmppTask.h
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ private:
///
/// Tasks are generated by QXmppPromise and can be handled using QXmppTask::then().
///
-/// It supports abstract types, i.e. you can create a QXmppTask<QXmppStanza> and report MyIq
-/// (derived from QXmppStanza) to it and when handling the result it is possible to cast the result
-/// back to MyIq.
-///
/// Unlike QFuture, this is not thread-safe. This avoids the need to do mutex locking at every
/// access though.
///
@@ -177,10 +173,7 @@ public:
///
/// Moves the result of the operation out of the task.
///
- /// Since this returns by value, you will not be able to cast the result to derived types. Use
- /// result() for read-only access or register a handler function using then().
- ///
- /// \warning This can only be used once the operation is finished.
+ /// \warning This can only be used once and only after the operation has finished.
///
#ifdef QXMPP_DOC
[[nodiscard]] T takeResult()