| # 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"), | |
| ]); | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |