A Swift implementation of Scala Futures with extras.

Motivation

Futures provide an interface for performing nonblocking asynchronous requests and combinator interfaces for serializing the processing of requests, error recovery and filtering. In most iOS libraries asynchronous interfaces are supported through the delegate-protocol pattern or with a callback. Even simple implementations of these interfaces can lead to business logic distributed over many files or deeply nested callbacks that can be hard to follow.

SimpleFutures is an implementation of Scala Futures in Swift and was influenced by BrightFutures.

Requirements

iOS 11.0+
Xcode 11.3.1

Installation

CocoaPods

CocoaPods is an Xcode dependency manager. It is installed with the following command,

gem install cocoapods

Requires CocoaPods 1.1+

Add SimpleFutures to your to your project Podfile,

platform :ios, '9.0'
use_frameworks!

target 'Your Target Name' do
  pod 'SimpleFutures', '~> 0.2'
end

To enable DBUG output add this post_install hook to your Podfile

Carthage

Carthage is a decentralized dependency manager for Xcode projects. It can be installed using Homebrew,

brew update
brew install carthage

To add SimpleFutures to your Cartfile

github "troystribling/SimpleFutures" ~> 0.2

To download and build SimpleFutures.framework run the command,

carthage update

then add SimpleFutures.framework to your project.

If desired use the --no-build option,

carthage update --no-build

This will only download SimpleFutures. Then follow the steps in Manual to add it to a project.

Manual

Place the SimpleFutures somewhere in your project directory. You can either copy it or add it as a git submodule.
Open the SimpleFutures project folder and drag SimpleFutures.xcodeproj into the project navigator of your applications Xcode project.
Under your Projects Info tab set the iOS Deployment Target to 9.0 and verify that the SimpleFutures.xcodeproj iOS Deployment Target is also 9.0.
Under the General tab for your project target add the top SimpleFutures.framework as an Embedded Binary.
Under the Build Phases tab add SimpleFutures.framework as a Target Dependency and under Link Binary With Libraries.

Another option is to add SimpleFutures.swift directly to your project, since the entire library is contained in a single file.

Queue

A simple wrapper around GCD is provided.

// create a queue with .background pos
let queue = Queue("us.gnos.myqueue")

// run block synchronously on queue
queue.sync {
  // do something
}

// return a value from a synchronous task
let result = queue.sync {
  // do something
  return value
}

// run block asynchronously on queue
queue.async {
  // do something
}

// run block asynchronously at specified number of seconds from now
queue.delay(10.0) {
  // do something
}

Execution Context

An ExecutionContext executes tasks and is defined by an implementation of the protocol,

public protocol ExecutionContext {
    func execute(task: Void -> Void)
}

SimpleFutures provides a QueueContext which runs tasks asynchronously on a specified Queue and ImmediateContext which executes task synchronously on the calling thread.

// main and global queue contexts
QueueContext.main
QueueContext.global

// create a QueueContext using queue
public init(queue: Queue)

// immediate context runs tasks synchronously on the calling thread
ImmediateContext()

Completion handlers and combinators for both Futures and FutureStreams run within a specified context. The default context is QueueContext.main

ImmediateContext() can be useful for testing.

Future

A Future instance is a read-only encapsulation of an immutable result that can be computed anytime in the future. When the result is computed the Future is said to be completed. A Future may be completed successfully with a value or failed with an error.

A Future also has combinator methods that allow multiple instances to be chained together and executed serially and container methods are provided that can evaluate multiple Futures simultaneously.

Creation

A Future can be created using either the future method, a Promise or initializer.

`init`

init methods are provided that create a Future<T> with a specified result.

// create an uncompleted future
public init()

// create a future with result of type T
public init(value: T)

// create a Future with an error result
public init(error: Swift.Error)

`future`

Several versions of future are provided to facilitate integration with existing code.

The simplest take a synchronous @autoclosure or closure,

// task is executed synchronously
public func future<T>( _ task: @autoclosure @escaping (Void) -> T) -> Future<T>

// task is executed in context which may be asynchronous
public func future<T>(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, _ task: @escaping (Void) throws -> T) -> Future<T>

Versions that take an asynchronous closure parameter of common completion block types are also provided.

public func future<T>(method: (@escaping (T, Swift.Error?) -> Void) -> Void) -> Future<T>

public func future<T>(method: (@escaping (T, Swift.Error?) -> Void) -> Void) -> Future<T>

public func future<T>(method: (@escaping (T) -> Void) -> Void) -> Future<T>

Adding a Future interface to existing code is simple using future. Consider the following class with an asynchronous request taking a completion block,

class AsyncRequester {

    func request(completion: @escaping (Int?, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
    
}

An extension adding a Future interface would look like,

extension AsyncRequester {

    func futureRequest() -> Future<Int?> {
        return future(method: request)
    }

}

`Promise`

A Promise instance is one-time writable and contains a Future. When completing its Future successfully a Promise will write a value to the Future result and when completing with failure will write an error to its Future result.

// Create and uncompleted Promise
public init()

// Completed Promise with another Future
public func completeWith(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, future: Future<T>)
    
// Complete Promise successfully with value
public func success(_ value: T)

// Complete Promise with error
public func failure(_ error: Swift.Error)

Future interface implementations can use a Promise to create and manage the Future.

Here a simple URLSession extension is shown that adds a method performing an HTTP GET request returning a Future.

extension URLSession {

    class func get(with url: URL) -> Future<(Data?, URLResponse?)> {
        let promise = Promise<(Data?, URLResponse?)>()
        let session = URLSession.shared
        let task = session.dataTask(with: url) { (data, response, error) in
            if let error = error {
                promise.failure(error)
            } else {
                promise.success((data, response))
            }
        }
        task.resume()
        return promise.future
    }

}

To use in an application,

let requestFuture = URLSession.get(with: URL(string: "http://troystribling.com")!)

Handle Completion

Setting the value of a Future result completes it. The holder of a Future reference is notified of completion by the methods onSuccess and onFailure. The requestFuture of the previous section would handle completion events using,

requestFuture.onSuccess { (data, response) in
    guard let response = response, let data = data else {
        return
    }
    // process data
}

requestFuture.onFailure { error in
    // handle error
}

Multiple completion handlers can be defined for a single Future.

completeWith

A Future can be completed with result of another Future using completeWith.

public func completeWith(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, future: Future<T>)

For example,

let anotherFuture = Future<Int>()
func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)

let dependentFuture = future(method: asyncRequest)
anotherFuture.completeWith(future: dependentFuture)

Combinators

Combinators are methods used to construct a serialized chain of Futures that perform asynchronous requests and apply mappings and filters to request results.

map

Apply a mapping: (T) throws -> M to the result of a successful Future<T> to produce a new Future<M>.

public func map<M>(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), mapping: @escaping (T) throws -> M) -> Future<M>

For example,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)

let mappedFuture = future(method: asyncRequest).map { value -> String in
    guard value < 0 else {
        throw AppError.invalidValue
    }
    return "\(value)"
}

flatMap

Apply a mapping: (T) throws -> Future<M> to the result of a successful Future<T> returning Future<M>. flatMap is used to serialize asynchronous requests.

public func flatMap<M>(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), mapping: @escaping (T) throws -> Future<M>) -> Future<M>

For example,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func asyncMapping(Int) -> Future<String>

let mappedFuture = future(method: asyncRequest).flatMap { value -> Future<String> in
    guard value < 0 else {
        throw AppError.invalidValue
    }
    return asyncMapping(value)
}

flatMap will usually require specification of the closure return type. It is an overloaded method and the compiler sometimes needs help in determining which to use.

withFilter

Apply a filter: (T) throws -> Bool to the result of a successful Future<T> returning the Future<T> if the filter succeeds and throwing FuturesError.noSuchElement if the filter fails.

public func withFilter(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), filter: @escaping (T) throws -> Bool) -> Future<T>

For example,

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)

let filteredFuture = future(method: asyncRequest).withFilter { value in
    value > 0
}

forEach

Apply a mapping apply: (T) -> Void to a successful Future<T>. This is equivalent to using the completion handler onSuccess.

public func forEach(context:ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), apply: @escaping (T) -> Void)

For example,

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func apply(Int) -> Void

let forEachFuture = future(method: asyncRequest).forEach { value in
    apply(value)
}

andThen

Apply a mapping apply: (T) -> Void to a successful Future<T> and return a Future<T> completed with the result of the original future. This is equivalent to a pass through. Here data can be processed in a combinator chain but not effect the Future result.

public func andThen(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), completion: @escaping (T) -> Void) -> Future<T>

For example,

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func apply(Int) -> Void

let andThenFuture = future(method: asyncRequest).andThen { value in
    apply(value)
}

recover

Apply a recovery mapping recovery: (Swift.Error) throws -> T to a failed Future<T> returning a Future<T>.

public func recover(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), recovery: @escaping (Swift.Error) throws -> T) -> Future<T>

For example,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func recovery(Swift.Error) -> Int

let recoveryFuture = future(method: asyncRequest).recover { error in
    guard let appError = error as? AppError else {
        throw error
    }
    return recovery(appError)
}

recoverWith

Apply a recovery mapping recovery: (Swift.Error) throws -> Future<T> to a failed Future<T> returning a Future<T>.

public func recoverWith(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), recovery: @escaping (Swift.Error) throws -> Future<T>) -> Future<T>

For example,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func recovery(Swift.Error) -> Future<Int>

let recoveryFuture = future(method: asyncRequest).recoverWith { error -> Future<Int> in
    guard let appError = error as? AppError else {
        throw error
    }
    return recovery(appError)
}

recoverWith will usually require specification of the closure return type. It is an overloaded method and the compiler sometimes needs help in determining which to use.

mapError

Apply a mapping mapping: (Swift.Error) -> Swift.Error to a failed Future<T> and return a Future<T> with the new error result.

public func mapError(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), mapping: @escaping (Swift.Error) -> Swift.Error) -> Future<T>

For example, to convert any Swift.Error to an AppError,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func mapping(Swift.Error) -> AppError.Error

let mapErrorFuture = future(method: asyncRequest).mapError { error in
    guard let appError = error as? AppError else {
        return mapping(error)
    }
    return appError
}

fold

Apply a mapping: (R, Iterator.Element.T) throws -> R to an array [Future<T>] accumulating the results into a new Future<R>. If any Future<T> fails Future<R> fails.

 public func fold<R>(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, initial: R,  combine: @escaping (R, Iterator.Element.T) throws -> R) -> Future<R>

For example,

func asyncTask(Int) -> Future<Int>

let futures = [asyncTask(1), asyncTask(1), asyncTask(1)] 

let foldFuture = futures.fold(initial: 0) { $0 + $1 }

sequence

Transform [Future<T>] to Future<[T]> which completes with an array all results when all [Future<T>] completes. sequence is used to accumulate the result of unrelated asynchronous requests.

public func sequence(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault) -> Future<[Iterator.Element.T]>

For example,

fun asyncTask(Int) -> Future<Int>

let futures = [asyncTask(1), asyncTask(1), asyncTask(1)] 

let sequenceFuture = futures.sequence()

cancel

A Future can be passed around an application to notify different components of an event. Multiple completion handler definitions and combinator chains can be specified. Not all application components will maintain an interest in the event and may want to unsubscribe.

An application can cancel multiple completion handler callbacks and combinator executions using a CancelToken().

fun asyncRequest() -> Int
fun anotherAsyncRequest() -> Future<String>

let cancelToken = CancelToken()
let cancelFuture = future(method: asyncRequest)

let mappedFuture = cancelFuture.flatMap(cancelToken: cancelToken) {
    anotherAsyncRequest()
}

mappedFuture.onSuccess(cancelToken: cancelToken) { value in
    // process data
}

mappedFuture.onFailure(cancelToken: cancelToken) { ==error in
    // process data
}

_ = cancelFuture.cancel(cancelToken)

FutureStream

In frameworks such as CoreLocation some CLLocationManagerDelegate methods can be called repeatedly for a single instantiation of CLLocationManager. For example,

func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager!,
           didUpdateLocations locations: [AnyObject]!)

Since Futures are immutable a new instance must be created for each call. FutureStreams are read-only completed Future containers that can be used to persist all past calls up to a specified capacity in situations such as this. FutureStreams support an interface similar to Futures and can be combined with them using combinators.

Creation

A FutureStream can be created using either the futureStream method, a StreamPromise or initializer.

`init`

init methods are provided that create a future with a specified result.

// create an empty FutureStream with capacity
public init(capacity: Int)

// create a FutureStream with an Int result and capacity of 10
public init(value: T, capacity: Int)

// create a FutureStream with an error result and capacity of 10
public init(error: Swift.Error, capacity: Int)

`futureStream`

Several versions of futureStream are provided to facilitate integration with existing code.

The simplest takes a synchronous closure and executes it in the specified context.

public func futureStream<T>(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, _ task: @escaping (Void) throws -> T) -> FutureStream<T>

Versions that take a closure parameter of a common completion block types are also provided.

public func futureStream<T>(method: (@escaping (T, Swift.Error?) -> Void) -> Void) -> FutureStream<T> 

public func futureStream(method: (@escaping (Swift.Error?) -> Void) -> Void) -> FutureStream<Void>

public func futureStream<T>(method: (@escaping (T) -> Void) -> Void) -> FutureStream<T>

Adding a FutureStream interface to existing code is simple using futureStream. Consider the following class with an asynchronous request taking a completion block,

class TestStreamRequester {

    func request(completion: @escaping (Int?, Swift.Error?) -> Void)}

}

extension TestStreamRequester {

    func streamRequest() -> FutureStream<Int?> {
        return futureStream(method: request)
    }
    
}

`StreamPromise`

The StreamPromise like a Promise is write-only. It creates and completes Futures and adds them to the FutureStream.

// Create and uncompleted StreamPromise with capacity
public init(capacity: Int = Int.max)

// Complete StreamPromise with another Future
public func completeWith(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, future: Future<T>)
    
// Complete StreamPromise with another FutureStream
public func completeWith(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, stream: FutureStream<T>)
    
// Complete StreamPromise successfully with value
public func success(_ value: T)

// Complete StreamPromise with error
public func failure(_ error: Swift.Error)

FutureStream interface implementations can use a StreamPromise to create a FutureStream.

Here a simple Accelerometer service implementation is shown. Accelerometer data updates are provided through a FutureStream.

import UIKit
import CoreMotion
import BlueCapKit

class Accelerometer {

    var motionManager = CMMotionManager()
    let queue = OperationQueue.main
    let accelerationDataPromise = StreamPromise<CMAcceleration>(capacity: 10)
    
    var updatePeriod: TimeInterval {
        get {
            return motionManager.accelerometerUpdateInterval
        }
        set {
            motionManager.accelerometerUpdateInterval = newValue
        }
    }
    
    var accelerometerActive: Bool {
        return motionManager.isAccelerometerActive
    }
    
    var accelerometerAvailable: Bool {
        return motionManager.isAccelerometerAvailable
    }

    init() {
        motionManager.accelerometerUpdateInterval = 1.0
    }

    func startAcceleromterUpdates() -> FutureStream<CMAcceleration> {
        motionManager.startAccelerometerUpdates(to: queue) { [unowned self] (data: CMAccelerometerData?, error: Error?) in
            if let error = error {
                self.accelerationDataPromise.failure(error)
            } else {
                if let data = data {
                    self.accelerationDataPromise.success(data.acceleration)
                }
            }
        }
        return accelerationDataPromise.stream
    }
    
    func stopAccelerometerUpdates() {
        motionManager.stopAccelerometerUpdates()
    }
}

To use in an application,

let accelerometer = Accelerometer()

let accelrometerDataFuture = accelerometer.startAcceleromterUpdates()

Handle Completion

Adding a completed Future to FutureStream calls its completion handlers. The holder of a FutureStream reference is notified when a completed Future is added to FutureStream by the methods onSuccess and onFailure. The accelrometerDataFuture of the previous section would handle completion events using,

accelrometerDataFuture.onSuccess { data in
   // process data
}

accelrometerDataFuture.onFailure { error in
  // handle error
}

Multiple completion handlers can be defined for a single FutureStream.

completeWith

A FutureStream can be completed with result of another Future or FutureStream using completeWith.

func completeWith(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, stream: FutureStream<T>)

func completeWith(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, future: Future<T>)

For example,

let anotherFutureStream = FutureStream<Int>()
func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)

// Complete FutureStream with dependent Future
let dependentFuture = future(method: asyncRequest)
anotherFutureStream.completeWith(future: dependentFuture)

// Complete FutureStream with dependent FutureStream
let dependentStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest)
anotherFutureStream.completeWith(future: dependentStream)

Combinators

Combinators are methods used to construct a serialized chain of FutureStreams that perform asynchronous requests and apply mappings and filters.

map

Apply a mapping: (T) throws -> M to the result of a successful FutureStream<T> to produce a new FutureStream<M> of a different type.

public func map<M>(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), mapping: @escaping (T) throws -> M) -> FutureStream<M>

For example,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)

let mappedStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).map { value -> String in
    guard value < 0 else {
        throw AppError.invalidValue
    }
    return "\(value)"
}

mapping is called each time the dependent FutureStream completes successfully.

flatMap

Apply a futureMapping: (T) throws -> Future<M> or streamMapping: (T) throws -> FutureStream<M> to the result of a successful FutureStream<T> returning FutureStream<M>. flatMap is used to serialize asynchronous requests and streams.

// Apply a mapping to a FutureStream returning a FutureStream
public func flatMap<M>(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), mapping: @escaping (T) throws -> FutureStream<M>) -> FutureStream<M>

// Apply a mapping to a FutureStream returning a Future
public func flatMap<M>(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), mapping: @escaping (T) throws  -> Future<M>) -> FutureStream<M>

For example,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func streamMapping(Int) -> FutureStream<String>

let mappedStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).flatMap { value -> FutureStream<String> in
    guard value < 0 else {
        throw AppError.invalidValue
    }
    return streamMapping(value)
}

and,

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func futureMapping(Int) -> Future<String>

let mappedStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).flatMap { value -> Future<String> in
    guard value < 0 else {
        throw AppError.invalidValue
    }
    return futureMapping(value)
}

A mapping streamMapping: (T) throws -> FutureStream<M> can also be applied to the result of a successful Future<T>, returning a FutureStream<M>.

// Apply a mapping to Future returning a FutureStream
public func flatMap<M>(capacity: Int = Int.max, context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), mapping: @escaping (T) throws -> FutureStream<M>) -> FutureStream<M>

For example,

let mappedStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).flatMap { value -> FutureStream<String> in
    guard value < 0 else {
        throw AppError.invalidValue
    }
    return streamMapping(value)
}

flatMap will usually require specification of the closure return type. It is an overloaded method and the compiler sometimes needs help in determining which to use.

withFilter

Apply a filter: (T) throws -> Bool to the result of a successful FutureStream<T> returning the FutureStream<T> if the filter succeeds and throwing FuturesError.noSuchElement if the filter fails.

public func withFilter(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), filter: @escaping (T) throws  -> Bool) -> FutureStream<T>

For example,

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)

let filteredStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).withFilter { value in
    value > 0
}

forEach

Apply a mapping apply: (T) -> Void to a successful FutureStream<T>. This is equivalent to using the completion handler onSuccess.

public func forEach(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), apply: @escaping (T) -> Void)

For example,

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func apply(Int) -> Void

let forEachStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).forEach { value in
    apply(value)
}

andThen

Apply a mapping apply: (T) -> Void to a successful FutureStream<T> and return a FutureStream<T> completed with the result of the original stream. This is equivalent to a pass through. Here data can be processed in a combinator chain but not effect the FutureStream<T> result.

public func andThen(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), completion: @escaping (T) -> Void) -> FutureStream<T>

For example,

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func apply(Int) -> Void

let andThenStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).andThen { value in
    apply(value)
}

recover

Apply a recovery mapping recovery: (Swift.Error) throws -> T to a FutureStream<T> failure returning a FutureStream<T>.

public func recover(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), recovery: @escaping (Swift.Error) throws -> T) -> FutureStream<T>

For example,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func recovery(Swift.Error) -> Int

let recoveryStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).recover { error in
    guard let appError = error as? AppError else {
        throw error
    }
    return recovery(appError)
}

recoverWith

Apply a recovery mapping futureRecovery: (Swift.Error) throws -> Future<T> or streamRecovery: (Swift.Error) throws -> FutureStream<T> to a FutureStream<T> failure returning a FutureStream<T>.

// Apply a recovery to a FutureStream returning a FutureStream
public func recoverWith(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), recovery: @escaping (Swift.Error) throws -> FutureStream<T>) -> FutureStream<T>
 
// Apply a recovery to a FutureStream returning a Future
public func flatMap<M>(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), mapping: @escaping (T) throws  -> Future<M>) -> FutureStream<M>

For example,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func streamRecovery(Swift.Error) -> FutureStream<Int>

let recoveryStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).recoverWith { error -> FutureStream<Int> in
    guard let appError = error as? AppError else {
        throw error
    }
    return streamRecovery(appError)
}

and,

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func futureRecovery(Swift.Error) -> Future<Int>

let recoveryStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).recoverWith { value -> Future<String> in
    guard value < 0 else {
        throw AppError.invalidValue
    }
    return futureRecovery(value)
}

A streamRecovery: (Swift.Error) throws -> FutureStream<T> can also be applied to a failed Future<T>, returning a FutureStream<M>.

public func recoverWith(capacity: Int = Int.max, context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), recovery: @escaping (Swift.Error) throws -> FutureStream<T>) -> FutureStream<T>

For example,

let recoveryStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).recoverWith { error -> FutureStream<Int> in
    guard let appError = error as? AppError else {
        throw error
    }
    return streamRecovery(appError)
}

recoverWith will usually require specification of the closure return type. It is an overloaded method and the compiler sometimes needs help in determining which to use.

mapError

Apply a mapping mapping: (Swift.Error) -> Swift.Error to a FutureStream<T> failure and return a FutureStream<T> with the mapped error result.

public func mapError(context: ExecutionContext = QueueContext.futuresDefault, cancelToken: CancelToken = CancelToken(), mapping: @escaping (Swift.Error) -> Swift.Error) -> FutureStream<T>

For example, to convert any Swift.Error to an AppError,

enum AppError: Error {
    case invalidValue
}

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
func mapping(Swift.Error) -> AppError

let mapErrorStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest).mapError { error in
    guard let appError = error as? AppError else {
	      return mapping(error)
    }
    return appError
}

cancel

A FutureStream can be passed around an application to notify different components of an event. Multiple completion handler definitions and combinator chains can be specified. Not all application components will maintain an interest in the event and may want to 'unsubscribe'.

An application can cancel multiple completion handler callbacks and combinator executions using a CancelToken().

func asyncRequest(_ completion: @escaping (Int, Swift.Error?) -> Void)
fun asyncStream() -> FutureStream<String>

let cancelToken = CancelToken()
let cancelStream = futureStream(method: asyncRequest)

let mappedStream = cancelStream.flatMap(cancelToken: cancelToken) {
    asyncStream()
}

mappedStream.onSuccess(cancelToken: cancelToken) { value in
    // process data
}

mappedStream.onFailure(cancelToken: cancelToken) { ==error in
    // process data
}

_ = cancelFuture.cancel(cancelToken)

Test Cases

Test Cases are available. To build the workspace,

pod install

and run from test tab in generated workspace.

Projects

The following projects use SimpleFutures. They can be used as guides in real application usage.

BlueCap provides a Futures based replacement for CoreBluetooth.
FutureLocation provides a Futures based replacement for CoreLocation.

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troystribling / SimpleFutures

Programming Languages

Motivation

Requirements

Installation

CocoaPods

Carthage

Manual

Queue

Execution Context

Future

Creation

init

future

Promise

Handle Completion

completeWith

Combinators

map

flatMap

withFilter

forEach

andThen

recover

recoverWith

mapError

fold

sequence

cancel

FutureStream

Creation

init

futureStream

StreamPromise

Handle Completion

completeWith

Combinators

map

flatMap

withFilter

forEach

andThen

recover

recoverWith

mapError

cancel

Test Cases

Projects

`init`

`future`

`Promise`

`init`

`futureStream`

`StreamPromise`