callback-handler

0.1.3 • Public • Published

callback-handler

This is a utility package to handle errors and unwanted results in callbacks automatically. It is used to improve readability of code and simplify working with callbacks.

Installation

$ npm install callback-handler

Usage

var CallbackHandler = require('callback-handler');

Version

The current version is 0.1.3

Features

  • Simplified callbacks
  • Automatic error handling
  • Automatic handling of additional common callback use-cases
  • Callbacks will never be triggered twice accidentally
  • Well tested
  • Extendable

Quick Examples

// Create a callback handler:
 
    var handler = new CallbackHandler(callback);
 
// Use `#next(callback)` instead of adding `if (err) { return callback(err); }` to the callback code:
 
    userModel.findById(userId, handler.next(function(user) {
        // Error argument has already been checked
    }));
 
// Use `#nextIf(predicate, callback)` if you want to pre-check the result:
 
    function isNull(any) { return any === null; } // Helper function
 
    chatRoomModel.findByRoomName(roomName, handler.nextIf(isNull, function(room) {
        // Error argument has already been checked and the room is null
    }));
 
// Use `#last()` to finish a callback chain and return the result:
 
    chatRoomModel.create(userId, roomName, handler.last());
 
// See it altogether:
 
    function isNull(any) { return any === null; } // Helper function
 
    function createChatRoom(userId, roomName, callback) { // calls back with (err, room)
        var handler = new CallbackHandler(callback);
        userModel.findById(userId, handler.next(function(user) {
            chatRoomModel.findByRoomName(roomName, handler.nextIf(isNull, function(room) {
                chatRoomModel.create(userId, roomName, handler.last());
            }));
        }));
    }

Advanced Examples

// Use `#error(err)` to finish the callback chain and call the global callback with an error:
 
    handler.error(new Error('Chat room already exists'));
 
// Use `#success(data...)` to finish the callback chain and call the global callback with one or more (or none) results:
 
    function doesChatRoomExist( roomName, callback) { // calls back with (err, exists) - exists is either true or false
        var handler = new CallbackHandler(callback);
        chatRoomModel.findByRoomName(roomName, handler.next(function(room) {
            handler.success(!!room);
        }));
    }
 
// Or use `#finalize(err, data...)` if you prefer to be more explicit:
 
    function doesChatRoomExist( roomName, callback) { // calls back with (err, exists) - exists is either true or false
        var handler = new CallbackHandler(callback);
        chatRoomModel.findByRoomName(roomName, handler.next(function(room) {
            handler.finalize(null, !!room);
        }));
    }
 
// Use `#flatten(callback)` to use explicit variable names instead of working with array indices:
 
    async.parallel([
        userModel.findById.bind(userModel, userId),
        chatRoomModel.findById.bind(chatRoomModel, roomId),
    ], handler.flatten(function(user, room) {
        // Work with user and room instead of result[0] and result[1]
        // Also note that the error handling is done automatically
    }));
 
// Use `#consume(callback)` if your callback returns a function that should be called just before the global callback is called:
 
    function unlockDatabase() {
        // Unlock the database here
    }
 
    function lockDatabase(callback) {
        // Lock the database here
        callback(null, unlockDatabase)
    }
 
    function doALotOfDatabaseStuff(callback) {
        var handler = new CallbackHandler(callback);
        lockDatabase(handler.consume(function() {
            // Do some database calls. The database will be unlocked as soon an error occurres or the callback chain finishes regular
        }));
    }
 
// Or use `#onFinalize(function)` if you want to be more explicit:
 
    function doALotOfDatabaseStuff(callback) {
        var handler = new CallbackHandler(callback);
        lockDatabase(handler.next(function(unlockDatabase) {
            handler.onFinalize(unlockDatabase);
            // Do some database calls. The database will be unlocked as soon an error occurres or the callback chain finishes regular
        }));
    }

Tests

Tests are written with mocha. Install the dev dependencies, then run npm test:

$ npm install
$ npm test

License

MIT

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