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Roman Elizarova7db8ec2017-12-21 22:45:12 +03001/*
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16
Roman Elizarove1c0b652017-12-01 14:02:57 +030017package kotlinx.coroutines.experimental
18
19import kotlin.coroutines.experimental.CoroutineContext
20
21/**
22 * Receiver interface for generic coroutine builders, so that the code inside coroutine has a convenient access
23 * to its [coroutineContext] and its cancellation status via [isActive].
24 */
25public actual interface CoroutineScope {
26 /**
27 * Returns `true` when this coroutine is still active (has not completed and was not cancelled yet).
28 *
29 * Check this property in long-running computation loops to support cancellation:
30 * ```
31 * while (isActive) {
32 * // do some computation
33 * }
34 * ```
35 *
36 * This property is a shortcut for `coroutineContext[Job]!!.isActive`. See [coroutineContext] and [Job].
37 */
38 public actual val isActive: Boolean
39
40 /**
41 * Returns the context of this coroutine.
42 */
43 public actual val coroutineContext: CoroutineContext
44}