From 01fdb5c03bd0fe8ae9dd2f1205822af18ba753ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kim Kulling <kim.kulling@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 23:34:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] First prototypes

---
 include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h

diff --git a/include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h b/include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c7212d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace cppcore {
+namespace concurrent {
+
+    enum class AsyncStatus {
+        Pending,
+        Running,
+        Completed,
+        Failed
+    };
+
+    struct context_t {
+        void *data;
+    };
+
+    class Executor {
+    public:
+        Executor();
+        ~Executor();
+        Executor(const Executor&) = delete;
+        Executor& operator=(const Executor&) = delete;
+
+        void run();
+        
+        bool isRunning() const;
+
+        /**
+         * @brief Submits a task for asynchronous execution.
+         * 
+         * @param task The task to be executed.
+         */
+        template<typename Task>
+        void submit(Task&& task);
+
+        /**
+         * @brief Shuts down the executor, waiting for all tasks to complete.
+         */
+        void shutdown();
+
+    private:
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Asynchronous task representation.
+     *
+     * This class provides a mechanism to represent and manage asynchronous tasks.
+     * It allows for task creation, execution, and result retrieval in a concurrent
+     * environment.
+     */
+    class AsyncTask {
+    public:
+        /**
+         * @brief Constructs an AsyncTask with the given function.
+         * 
+         * @param func The function to be executed asynchronously.
+         */
+        template<typename Func>
+        explicit AsyncTask(Func&& func) {
+            // Implementation here
+        }
+    
+        /**
+         * @brief Starts the asynchronous task.
+         */
+        void start(const context_t& ctx = { nullptr });
+
+        /// @brief 
+        /// @return 
+        AsyncStatus status() const;
+
+        /**
+         * @brief Waits for the task to complete and retrieves the result.
+         * 
+         * @return The result of the asynchronous task.
+         */
+        template<typename ResultType>
+        ResultType get();
+    
+    private:
+        
+    };
+    
+} // namespace concurrent
+} // namespace cppcore

From cb0bac680cb62ac50e9cf8c3d123848c342f21df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kim Kulling <kimkulling@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:39:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update async.h

---
 include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h b/include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h
index 6c7212d..c7fd04a 100644
--- a/include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h
+++ b/include/cppcore/Concurrent/async.h
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014-2025 Kim Kulling
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #pragma once
 
 namespace cppcore {