### Class

# Dex Fiber

unstable since: 1

#### Description [src]

    final class Dex.Fiber : GObject.TypeInstance
    {
      /* No available fields */
    }

`DexFiber` is a fiber (or coroutine) which itself is a `DexFuture`.

When the fiber completes execution it will either resolve or reject the with the result or error.

You may treat a `DexFiber` like any other `DexFuture` which makes it simple to integrate fibers into other processing chains.

`DexFiber` are provided their own stack seperate from a threads main stack, They are automatically scheduled as necessary.

Use `dex_await()` and similar functions to await the result of another future within the fiber and the fiber will be suspended allowing another fiber to run and/or the rest of the applications main loop.

Once a fiber is created, it is pinned to that scheduler. Use `dex_scheduler_spawn()` to create a fiber on a specific scheduler.

Available since: 1

#### Hierarchy

#### Ancestors

- DexFuture
- DexObject

#### Instance methods

##### Methods inherited from DexFuture (23)

###### dex_await

Suspends the current `DexFiber` and resumes when `future` has completed.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_boolean

Awaits on `future` and returns the gboolean result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_boxed

Awaits on `future` and returns the `G_TYPE_BOXED` based result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_double

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an double.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_enum

Awaits on `future` and returns the enum result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_flags

Awaits on `future` and returns the flags result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_float

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an float.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_int

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an int.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_int64

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an int64.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_object

Awaits on `future` and returns the `GObject`-based result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_pointer

Calls `dex_await()` and returns the value of g_value_get_pointer(), otherwise `error` is set if the future rejected.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_string

Awaits on `future` and returns the string result.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_uint

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an uint.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_uint64

Awaits on `future` and returns the result as an uint64.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_await_variant

Awaits on `future` and returns the `G_TYPE_VARIANT` based result.

since: 0.4

###### dex_future_disown

Disowns a future, allowing it to run to completion even though there may be no observer interested in the futures completion or rejection.

since: 0.4

###### dex_future_get_name

No description available.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_get_status

No description available.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_get_value

No description available.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_is_pending

This is a convenience function equivalent to calling `dex_future_get_status()` and checking for `DEX_FUTURE_STATUS_PENDING`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_is_rejected

This is a convenience function equivalent to calling `dex_future_get_status()` and checking for `DEX_FUTURE_STATUS_REJECTED`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_is_resolved

This is a convenience function equivalent to calling `dex_future_get_status()` and checking for `DEX_FUTURE_STATUS_RESOLVED`.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_future_set_static_name

Sets the name of the future with a static/internal string.

unstable since: 1

##### Methods inherited from DexObject (2)

###### dex_ref

Acquires a reference on the given object, and increases its reference count by one.

unstable since: 1

###### dex_unref

Releases a reference on the given object, and decreases its reference count by one.

unstable since: 1