README
Inside Out Async
It's pretty handy for turning things that are not promises and generators into promises and generators. Good for testing, but also for having more control over how things execute.
npm install inside-out-async
I nerd sniped myself and made this library. defer()
is easily written in any new project, deferGenerator()
is not.
Exports two functions
API
defer
function defer<T>(): Deferred<T>
interface Deferred<T> {
promise: Promise<T>
resolve: (value: T) => void
reject: (error: Error) => void
}
Creates a promise and control functions. The promise is resolved and rejected by the control functions. Like the Promise
constructor but inside out.
import { defer } from 'inside-out-async'
import { Trainer } from 'pokemon-trainer'
const pokemonCaught = defer()
const ash = new Trainer()
ash.on('capture', pokemonCaught.resolve)
ash.on('error', pokemonCaught.reject)
const pokemon = await pokemonCaught.promise
console.log(pokemon) // { name: 'Pikachu', temperament: 'surprised' }
deferGenerator
function deferGenerator<T, TReturn, TNext = unknown>(): DeferredGenerator<T, TReturn, TNext>
interface DeferredGenerator<T, TReturn, TNext> {
generator: AsyncGenerator<T, TReturn, TNext>
queueValue: (value: T) => void
error: (err?: any) => void
queueError: (err?: any) => void
return: (value?: TReturn) => void
queueReturn: (value?: TReturn) => void
}
Creates an async generator and control functions. The async generator yields values, errors, and returns based on the control functions.
queueValue
queues a value to yielded nexterror
drops all queued values, puts the generator in a "done" state, and has the current pending or next call tonext()
throw an errorqueueError
puts the generator in a "done" state, and has the current pending or next call tonext()
throw an errorreturn()
drops all queued values, and puts the generator in a "done" state with the passed in valuequeueReturn()
puts the generator in a "done" state with the passed in value
import { deferGenerator } from 'inside-out-async'
const pokedex = deferGenerator()
pokedex.queueValue({ name: 'Pikachu' })
pokedex.queueValue({ name: 'Bulbasaur' })
pokedex.queueValue({ name: 'Charizard' })
pokedex.queueReturn()
for await (const pokemon of pokedex.generator) {
console.log(pokemon) // { name: 'Pikachu' }, { name: 'Bulbasaur' }, { name: 'Charizard' }
}