multithreading - How I can return value from async block in swift

Question

Please have a look into the code below:

backgroundthread.async {
    return self.mycallback() //return string, int etc
}

I want to return a value from an async block. I don't want any completion handler or any other workaround.

func getAppConfigFromDB(_ key: String) -> String 
{
   let value = String()
   backgroundthread.async {
      let inst = AppConfigDB.init(_APP_CONFIG_DB_PATH)
      value = inst.getConfigurationInfo(key) // I want to return from here.
   }
   return value
}


getAppConfigFromDB("path")

Answer 1

Like @rmaddy said, you have no other way than to use completion handlers.

func getAppConfigFromDB(_ key: String, completion: @escaping ((String) -> Void)) {
    let value = String()
    backgroundthread.async {
        let inst = AppConfigDB.init(_APP_CONFIG_DB_PATH)
        value = inst.getConfigurationInfo(key) // I want to return from here.
        completion(value)
    }
}

You call the method like this.

getAppConfigFromDB("") { (value) in
    // Use value to do something
}