// Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // Example of spawning an isolate from a function. library spawn_tests; import 'dart:isolate'; import 'package:unittest/unittest.dart'; import "remote_unittest_helper.dart"; isolateEntryPoint(args) { var msg = args[0]; var sendPort = args[1]; sendPort.send('re: $msg'); } void main([args, port]) { if (testRemote(main, port)) { return; } test('message - reply chain', () async { const String debugName = 'spawnedIsolate'; ReceivePort port = new ReceivePort(); port.listen(expectAsync((msg) { port.close(); expect(msg, equals('re: hi')); })); // Start new isolate; paused so it's alive till we read the debugName. // If the isolate runs to completion, the isolate might get cleaned up // and debugName might be null. final isolate = await Isolate.spawn( isolateEntryPoint, ['hi', port.sendPort], paused: true, debugName: debugName); expect(isolate.debugName, debugName); isolate.resume(isolate.pauseCapability); }); }