| # gensync |
| |
| This module allows for developers to write common code that can share |
| implementation details, hiding whether an underlying request happens |
| synchronously or asynchronously. This is in contrast with many current Node |
| APIs which explicitly implement the same API twice, once with calls to |
| synchronous functions, and once with asynchronous functions. |
| |
| Take for example `fs.readFile` and `fs.readFileSync`, if you're writing an API |
| that loads a file and then performs a synchronous operation on the data, it |
| can be frustrating to maintain two parallel functions. |
| |
| |
| ## Example |
| |
| ```js |
| const fs = require("fs"); |
| const gensync = require("gensync"); |
| |
| const readFile = gensync({ |
| sync: fs.readFileSync, |
| errback: fs.readFile, |
| }); |
| |
| const myOperation = gensync(function* (filename) { |
| const code = yield* readFile(filename, "utf8"); |
| |
| return "// some custom prefix\n" + code; |
| }); |
| |
| // Load and add the prefix synchronously: |
| const result = myOperation.sync("./some-file.js"); |
| |
| // Load and add the prefix asynchronously with promises: |
| myOperation.async("./some-file.js").then(result => { |
| |
| }); |
| |
| // Load and add the prefix asynchronously with promises: |
| myOperation.errback("./some-file.js", (err, result) => { |
| |
| }); |
| ``` |
| |
| This could even be exposed as your official API by doing |
| ```js |
| // Using the common 'Sync' suffix for sync functions, and 'Async' suffix for |
| // promise-returning versions. |
| exports.myOperationSync = myOperation.sync; |
| exports.myOperationAsync = myOperation.async; |
| exports.myOperation = myOperation.errback; |
| ``` |
| or potentially expose one of the async versions as the default, with a |
| `.sync` property on the function to expose the synchronous version. |
| ```js |
| module.exports = myOperation.errback; |
| module.exports.sync = myOperation.sync; |
| ```` |
| |
| |
| ## API |
| |
| ### gensync(generatorFnOrOptions) |
| |
| Returns a function that can be "await"-ed in another `gensync` generator |
| function, or executed via |
| |
| * `.sync(...args)` - Returns the computed value, or throws. |
| * `.async(...args)` - Returns a promise for the computed value. |
| * `.errback(...args, (err, result) => {})` - Calls the callback with the computed value, or error. |
| |
| |
| #### Passed a generator |
| |
| Wraps the generator to populate the `.sync`/`.async`/`.errback` helpers above to |
| allow for evaluation of the generator for the final value. |
| |
| ##### Example |
| |
| ```js |
| const readFile = function* () { |
| return 42; |
| }; |
| |
| const readFileAndMore = gensync(function* (){ |
| const val = yield* readFile(); |
| return 42 + val; |
| }); |
| |
| // In general cases |
| const code = readFileAndMore.sync("./file.js", "utf8"); |
| readFileAndMore.async("./file.js", "utf8").then(code => {}) |
| readFileAndMore.errback("./file.js", "utf8", (err, code) => {}); |
| |
| // In a generator being called indirectly with .sync/.async/.errback |
| const code = yield* readFileAndMore("./file.js", "utf8"); |
| ``` |
| |
| |
| #### Passed an options object |
| |
| * `opts.sync` |
| |
| Example: `(...args) => 4` |
| |
| A function that will be called when `.sync()` is called on the `gensync()` |
| result, or when the result is passed to `yield*` in another generator that |
| is being run synchronously. |
| |
| Also called for `.async()` calls if no async handlers are provided. |
| |
| * `opts.async` |
| |
| Example: `async (...args) => 4` |
| |
| A function that will be called when `.async()` or `.errback()` is called on |
| the `gensync()` result, or when the result is passed to `yield*` in another |
| generator that is being run asynchronously. |
| |
| * `opts.errback` |
| |
| Example: `(...args, cb) => cb(null, 4)` |
| |
| A function that will be called when `.async()` or `.errback()` is called on |
| the `gensync()` result, or when the result is passed to `yield*` in another |
| generator that is being run asynchronously. |
| |
| This option allows for simpler compatibility with many existing Node APIs, |
| and also avoids introducing the extra even loop turns that promises introduce |
| to access the result value. |
| |
| * `opts.name` |
| |
| Example: `"readFile"` |
| |
| A string name to apply to the returned function. If no value is provided, |
| the name of `errback`/`async`/`sync` functions will be used, with any |
| `Sync` or `Async` suffix stripped off. If the callback is simply named |
| with ES6 inference (same name as the options property), the name is ignored. |
| |
| * `opts.arity` |
| |
| Example: `4` |
| |
| A number for the length to set on the returned function. If no value |
| is provided, the length will be carried over from the `sync` function's |
| `length` value. |
| |
| ##### Example |
| |
| ```js |
| const readFile = gensync({ |
| sync: fs.readFileSync, |
| errback: fs.readFile, |
| }); |
| |
| const code = readFile.sync("./file.js", "utf8"); |
| readFile.async("./file.js", "utf8").then(code => {}) |
| readFile.errback("./file.js", "utf8", (err, code) => {}); |
| ``` |
| |
| |
| ### gensync.all(iterable) |
| |
| `Promise.all`-like combinator that works with an iterable of generator objects |
| that could be passed to `yield*` within a gensync generator. |
| |
| #### Example |
| |
| ```js |
| const loadFiles = gensync(function* () { |
| return yield* gensync.all([ |
| readFile("./one.js"), |
| readFile("./two.js"), |
| readFile("./three.js"), |
| ]); |
| }); |
| ``` |
| |
| |
| ### gensync.race(iterable) |
| |
| `Promise.race`-like combinator that works with an iterable of generator objects |
| that could be passed to `yield*` within a gensync generator. |
| |
| #### Example |
| |
| ```js |
| const loadFiles = gensync(function* () { |
| return yield* gensync.race([ |
| readFile("./one.js"), |
| readFile("./two.js"), |
| readFile("./three.js"), |
| ]); |
| }); |
| ``` |