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Easy Swift Futures & Promises.
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# โ—๏ธArchived nowโ—๏ธ
Since Apple released [`Combine`](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/combine) framework, I decide to archive this repo.
You still can use this repo as an example of `Future`/`Promise` implementation in `Swift`.

# EasyFutures
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Swift implementation of Futures & Promises. You can read more about Futures & Promises in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures_and_promises.

**EasyFutures** is:
- 100% Swift, [100% test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/DimaMishchenko/EasyFutures).
- easy to understand.
- type safe (uses Swift generics).
- the avoidance of a "callback hell".
- out of the box errors handling (you don't need to use `do/catch`).
- composeable ([`map`](#map), [`flatMap`](#flatmap), [`filter`](#filter), [`recover`](#recover), [`zip`](#zip), [`andThen`](#andthen), [`flatten`](#flatten)).
- support sequences ([`fold`](#fold), [`traverse`](#traverse), [`sequence`](#sequence)).
- [fully documented](#documentation).

## Documentation
- Full documentation and more examples you can find in [Playground](EasyFuturesPlayground.playground) (to use playground you should open it in `EasyFutures.xcodeproj` and build EasyFutures framework).
- [Wiki](https://github.com/DimaMishchenko/EasyFutures/wiki) (full documentation and all examples).
- [Unit tests](EasyFuturesTests).
- [Examples section](#examples).

## Requirements
- iOS 9.0+

## Installation
### [CocoaPods](http://www.cocoapods.org):
- Add the following line to your [`Podfile`](http://guides.cocoapods.org/using/the-podfile.html):
``` ruby
pod 'EasyFutures'

#for swift less than 4.2 use:
pod 'EasyFutures', '~> 1.1.0'
```
- Add `use_frameworks!` to your [`Podfile`](http://guides.cocoapods.org/using/the-podfile.html).
- Run `pod install`.
- Add to files:
``` swift
import EasyFutures
```

## Examples
Traditional way to write asynchronous code:
``` swift
func loadChatRoom(_ completion: (_ chat: Chat?, _ error: Error?) -> Void) {}
func loadUser(id: String, _ completion: (_ user: User?, _ error: Error?) -> Void) {}

loadChatRoom { chat, error in
if let chat = chat {
loadUser(id: chat.ownerId) { user, error in
if let user = user {
print(user)
// owner loaded
} else {
// handle error
}
}
} else {
// handle error
}
}
```
Same logic but with **EasyFutures**:
``` swift
func loadChatRoom() -> Future
func loadUser(id: String) -> Future

loadChatRoom().flatMap({ chat -> Future in
// loading user
return loadUser(id: chat.ownerId)
}).onSuccess { user in
// user loaded
}.onError { error in
// handle error
}
```
### Future
Future is an object that contains or will contain `result` which can be value or error. Usually result gets from some asynchronous process. To receive result you can define `onComplete`, `onSuccess`, `onError` callbacks.
``` swift

func loadData() -> Future

let future = loadData()

future.onComplete { result in
switch result {
case .value(let value):
// value
case .error(let error):
// error
}
}

future.onSuccess { data in
// value
}.onError { error in
// error
}
```
### Promise
The Promises are used to write functions that returns the Futures. The Promise contains the Future instance and can complete it.
``` swift
func loadData() -> Future {

// create the promise with String type
let promise = Promise()

// check is url valid
guard let url = URL(string: "https://api.github.com/emojis") else {
// handle error
promise.error(ExampleError.invalidUrl)
return promise.future
}

// loading data from url
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { (data, response, error) in
if let data = data, let string = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
// return result
promise.success(string)
} else {
// handle error
promise.error(ExampleError.cantLoadData)
}
}
task.resume()

// return the future
return promise.future
}

loadData().onSuccess { data in
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.label.text = data
}
}.onError { error in
print(error)
// handle error
}
```
## Composition
### map
Returns the new Future with the result you return to closure or with error if the first Future contains error.
``` swift

let future = Future(value: 100)
future.onSuccess { value in
// value == 100
}

let mapFuture = future.map { value -> String in
return "\(value) now it's string"
}
mapFuture.onComplete { result in
switch result {
case .value(let value):
print(value) // "100 now it's string""
case .error(let error):
// handle error
}
}
```
### flatMap
Returns the new Future with the Future you return to closure or with error if the first Future contains error.
``` swift
let future = Future(value: 1)

let flatMapFuture = future.flatMap { value -> Future in
return Future(value: "\(value * 100)%")
}
flatMapFuture.onSuccess { value in
print(value) // "100%"
}
```
### filter
Returns the Future if value satisfies the filtering else returns error.
``` swift
let future = Future(value: 500)

future.filter { value -> Bool in
return value > 100
}.onComplete { result in
switch result {
case .value(let value):
print(value) // 100
case .error(let error):
print(error) // no error
}
}

future.filter { value -> Bool in
return value > 1000
}.onComplete { result in
switch result {
case .value(let value):
print(value) // no value
case .error(let error):
print(error) // FutureError.filterError
}
}
```
### recover
If the Future contains or will contain error you can recover it with the new value.
``` swift
let future = Future(error: someError)

future.recover { error -> Int in
return 100
}.onComplete { result in
switch result {
case .value(let value):
print(value) // 100
case .error(let error):
print(error) // no error
}
}
```
### zip
Combines two values into a tuple.
``` swift
let first = Future(value: 1)
let second = Future(value: 2)

first.zip(second).onSuccess { firstValue, secondValue in
print(firstValue) // 1
print(secondValue) // 2
}
```
### andThen
Returns the new Future with the same value.
``` swift
let future = Future(value: "and")

future.andThen { value in
print(value) // "and"
}.andThen { value in
print(value.count) // 3
}
```
### flatten
If the value of the Future is the another Future you can flatten it.
``` swift
let future = Future>(value: Future(value: "value"))

future.onSuccess { value in
print(value) // Future(value: "value")
}

future.flatten().onSuccess { value in
print(value) // "value"
}
```
## Errors handling
[`map`](#map), [`flatMap`](#flatmap), [`filter`](#filter) and [`recover`](#recover) can catch errors and return the Future with this error, so you don't need to handle it with `do/catch`.
``` swift
let future = Future(value: "")
let errorToThrow = NSError(domain: "", code: -1, userInfo: nil)

future.map { value -> String in
throw errorToThrow
}.flatMap { value -> Future in
throw errorToThrow
}.filter { value -> Bool in
throw errorToThrow
}.recover { error -> String in
throw errorToThrow
}
```
## Sequences
**EasyFutures** provides some functions to help you work with the sequences of Futures.
### fold
You can convert a list of the values into a single value. Fold returns the Future with this value. Fold takes default value and then you perform action with default value and every value from the list. Can catch errors.
``` swift
let futures = [Future(value: 1), Future(value: 2), Future(value: 3)]

futures.fold(0) { defaultValue, currentValue -> Int in
return defaultValue + currentValue
}.onSuccess { value in
print(value) // 6
}
```
### traverse
Traverse can work with any sequence. Takes closure where you transform the value into the Future. Returns the Future which contains array of the values from the Futures returned by the closure.
``` swift
[1, 2, 3].traverse { number -> Future in
return Future(value: "\(number * 100)")
}.onSuccess { value in
print(value) // ["100", "200", "300"]
}
```
### sequence
Transforms a list of the Futures into the single Future with an array of values.
``` swift
let futures = [Future(value: 1), Future(value: 2), Future(value: 3)] // [Future, Future, Future]
let sequence = futures.sequence() // Future<[Int]>
sequence.onSuccess { numbers in
print(numbers) // [1, 2, 3]
}
```
## License
**EasyFutures** is under MIT license. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for more info.