// 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:async_helper/async_helper.dart'; import 'package:expect/expect.dart'; isolateEntryPoint(args) { var msg = args[0]; var sendPort = args[1]; sendPort.send('re: $msg'); } Future main([args, port]) async { // message - reply chain const String debugName = 'spawnedIsolate'; ReceivePort port = new ReceivePort(); asyncStart(); port.listen((msg) { port.close(); Expect.equals(msg, 're: hi'); asyncEnd(); }); // 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.equals(isolate.debugName, debugName); isolate.resume(isolate.pauseCapability!); }