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The <a class="link" href="../../reference/deferred.html" title="deferred"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">deferred</span></code></a>,
completion token takes a call to an asynchronous operation's initiating
function and turns it into a function object that accepts a completion
token. For example:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">deferred_op</span> <span class="special">=</span>
<span class="identifier">timer</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">async_wait</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">deferred</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">...</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">deferred_op</span><span class="special">)(</span>
<span class="special">[](</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">){</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="special">});</span>
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or:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">deferred_op</span> <span class="special">=</span>
<span class="identifier">timer</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">async_wait</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">deferred</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">...</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">future</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">=</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">deferred_op</span><span class="special">)(</span>
<span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">use_future</span><span class="special">);</span>
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The deferred token also supports chaining, to create simple compositions:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">auto</span> <span class="identifier">deferred_op</span> <span class="special">=</span>
<span class="identifier">timer</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">async_wait</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">deferred</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="special">[&](</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">)</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="identifier">timer</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">expires_after</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">seconds</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">));</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">timer</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">async_wait</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">deferred</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">});</span>
<span class="special">...</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">future</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">move</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">deferred_op</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">use_future</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<a name="asio.overview.composition.deferred.h0"></a>
<span><a name="asio.overview.composition.deferred.see_also"></a></span><a class="link" href="deferred.html#asio.overview.composition.deferred.see_also">See
Also</a>
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<a class="link" href="../../reference/deferred.html" title="deferred">deferred</a>, <a class="link" href="../../reference/deferred_t.html" title="deferred_t">deferred_t</a>,
<a class="link" href="../../examples/cpp14_examples.html#asio.examples.cpp14_examples.deferred">Deferred examples
(C++11)</a>, <a class="link" href="../../examples/cpp14_examples.html#asio.examples.cpp14_examples.deferred">Deferred
examples (C++14)</a>.
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