Module deferred
A+ promises in Lua.
Functions
new (options) | Returns a new promise object. |
all (args) | Returns a new promise object that is resolved when all promises are resolved/rejected. |
map (args, fn) | Returns a new promise object that is resolved with the values of sequential application of function fn to each element in the list. |
first (args) | Returns a new promise object that is resolved as soon as the first of the promises gets resolved/rejected. |
Class Promise
promise:next (cb[, errcb]) | Wait for the promise object. |
promise:resolve (value) | Resolve promise object with value. |
promise:reject (value) | Reject promise object with value. |
Functions
Methods- new (options)
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Returns a new promise object.
Parameters:
- options
Returns:
-
Promise
New promise
Usage:
local deferred = require('deferred') -- -- Converting callback-based API into promise-based is very straightforward: -- -- 1) Create promise object -- 2) Start your asynchronous action -- 3) Resolve promise object whenever action is finished (only first resolution -- is accepted, others are ignored) -- 4) Reject promise object whenever action is failed (only first rejection is -- accepted, others are ignored) -- 5) Return promise object letting calling side to add a chain of callbacks to -- your asynchronous function function read(f) local d = deferred.new() readasync(f, function(contents, err) if err == nil then d:resolve(contents) else d:reject(err) end end) return d end -- You can now use read() like this: read('file.txt'):next(function(s) print('File.txt contents: ', s) end, function(err) print('Error', err) end)
- all (args)
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Returns a new promise object that is resolved when all promises are resolved/rejected.
Parameters:
- args list of promise
Returns:
-
Promise
New promise
Usage:
deferred.all({ http.get('http://example.com/first'), http.get('http://example.com/second'), http.get('http://example.com/third'), }):next(function(results) -- handle results here (all requests are finished and there has been -- no errors) end, function(results) -- handle errors here (all requests are finished and there has been -- at least one error) end)
- map (args, fn)
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Returns a new promise object that is resolved with the values of sequential application of function fn to each element in the list. fn is expected to return promise object.
Parameters:
- args list of promise
- fn promise used to resolve the list of promise
Returns:
-
a new promise
Usage:
local items = {'a.txt', 'b.txt', 'c.txt'} -- Read 3 files, one by one deferred.map(items, read):next(function(files) -- here files is an array of file contents for each of the files end, function(err) -- handle reading error end)
- first (args)
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Returns a new promise object that is resolved as soon as the first of the promises gets resolved/rejected.
Parameters:
- args list of promise
Returns:
-
Promise
New promise
Usage:
-- returns a promise that gets rejected after a certain timeout function timeout(sec) local d = deferred.new() settimeout(function() d:reject('Timeout') end, sec) return d end deferred.first({ read(somefile), -- resolves promise with contents, or rejects with error timeout(5), }):next(function(result) -- file was read successfully... end, function(err) -- either timeout or I/O error... end)
Class Promise
A promise is an object that can store a value to be retrieved by a future object.
- promise:next (cb[, errcb])
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Wait for the promise object.
Parameters:
- cb function resolve callback (function(value) end)
- errcb function rejection callback (function(reject_value) end) (optional)
Usage:
-- Reading two files sequentially: read('first.txt'):next(function(s) print('File file:', s) return read('second.txt') end):next(function(s) print('Second file:', s) end):next(nil, function(err) -- error while reading first or second file print('Error', err) end)
- promise:resolve (value)
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Resolve promise object with value.
Parameters:
- value promise value
Returns:
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resolved future result
- promise:reject (value)
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Reject promise object with value.
Parameters:
- value promise value
Returns:
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rejected future result