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/* vim: set ts=2 et sw=2 tw=80 filetype=javascript: */
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* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
* You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
"use strict";
this.EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = [
"Task"
];
/**
* This module implements a subset of "Task.js" .
*
* Paraphrasing from the Task.js site, tasks make sequential, asynchronous
* operations simple, using the power of JavaScript's "yield" operator.
*
* Tasks are built upon generator functions and promises, documented here:
*
*
*
*
* The "Task.spawn" function takes a generator function and starts running it as
* a task. Every time the task yields a promise, it waits until the promise is
* fulfilled. "Task.spawn" returns a promise that is resolved when the task
* completes successfully, or is rejected if an exception occurs.
*
* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/Task.jsm");
*
* Task.spawn(function () {
*
* // This is our task. It is a generator function because it contains the
* // "yield" operator at least once. Let's create a promise object, wait on
* // it and capture its resolution value.
* let myPromise = getPromiseResolvedOnTimeoutWithValue(1000, "Value");
* let result = yield myPromise;
*
* // This part is executed only after the promise above is fulfilled (after
* // one second, in this imaginary example). We can easily loop while
* // calling asynchronous functions, and wait multiple times.
* for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
* result += yield getPromiseResolvedOnTimeoutWithValue(50, "!");
* }
*
* // Optionally, a value can be returned using this special exception
* // (because "return" cannot communicate a result in generator functions).
* throw new Task.Result("Resolution result for the task: " + result);
*
* }).then(function (result) {
*
* // result == "Resolution result for the task: Value!!!"
*
* // The result is undefined if no special Task.Result exception was thrown.
*
* }, function (exception) {
*
* // Failure! We can inspect or report the exception.
*
* });
*
* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* This module implements only the "Task.js" interfaces described above, with no
* additional features to control the task externally, or do custom scheduling.
* It also provides the following extensions that simplify task usage in the
* most common cases:
*
* - The "Task.spawn" function also accepts an iterator returned by a generator
* function, in addition to a generator function. This way, you can call into
* the generator function with the parameters you want, and with "this" bound
* to the correct value. Also, "this" is never bound to the task object when
* "Task.spawn" calls the generator function.
*
* - In addition to a promise object, a task can yield the iterator returned by
* a generator function. The iterator is turned into a task automatically.
* This reduces the syntax overhead of calling "Task.spawn" explicitly when
* you want to recurse into other task functions.
*
* - The "Task.spawn" function also accepts a primitive value, or a function
* returning a primitive value, and treats the value as the result of the
* task. This makes it possible to call an externally provided function and
* spawn a task from it, regardless of whether it is an asynchronous generator
* or a synchronous function. This comes in handy when iterating over
* function lists where some items have been converted to tasks and some not.
*/
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// Globals
const Cc = Components.classes;
const Ci = Components.interfaces;
const Cu = Components.utils;
const Cr = Components.results;
Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/core/promise.js");
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// Task
/**
* This object provides the public module functions.
*/
this.Task = {
/**
* Creates and starts a new task.
*
* @param aTask
* - If you specify a generator function, it is called with no
* arguments to retrieve the associated iterator. The generator
* function is a task, that is can yield promise objects to wait
* upon.
* - If you specify the iterator returned by a generator function you
* called, the generator function is also executed as a task. This
* allows you to call the function with arguments.
* - If you specify a function that is not a generator, it is called
* with no arguments, and its return value is used to resolve the
* returned promise.
* - If you specify anything else, you get a promise that is already
* resolved with the specified value.
*
* @return A promise object where you can register completion callbacks to be
* called when the task terminates.
*/
spawn: function Task_spawn(aTask) {
if (aTask && typeof(aTask) == "function") {
try {
// Let's call into the function ourselves.
aTask = aTask();
} catch (ex if ex instanceof Task.Result) {
return Promise.resolve(ex.value);
} catch (ex) {
return Promise.reject(ex);
}
}
if (aTask && typeof(aTask.send) == "function") {
// This is an iterator resulting from calling a generator function.
return new TaskImpl(aTask).deferred.promise;
}
// Just propagate the given value to the caller as a resolved promise.
return Promise.resolve(aTask);
},
/**
* Constructs a special exception that, when thrown inside a generator
* function, allows the associated task to be resolved with a specific value.
*
* Example: throw new Task.Result("Value");
*/
Result: function Task_Result(aValue) {
this.value = aValue;
}
};
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//// TaskImpl
/**
* Executes the specified iterator as a task, and gives access to the promise
* that is fulfilled when the task terminates.
*/
function TaskImpl(iterator) {
this.deferred = Promise.defer();
this._iterator = iterator;
this._run(true);
}
TaskImpl.prototype = {
/**
* Includes the promise object where task completion callbacks are registered,
* and methods to resolve or reject the promise at task completion.
*/
deferred: null,
/**
* The iterator returned by the generator function associated with this task.
*/
_iterator: null,
/**
* Main execution routine, that calls into the generator function.
*
* @param aSendResolved
* If true, indicates that we should continue into the generator
* function regularly (if we were waiting on a promise, it was
* resolved). If true, indicates that we should cause an exception to
* be thrown into the generator function (if we were waiting on a
* promise, it was rejected).
* @param aSendValue
* Resolution result or rejection exception, if any.
*/
_run: function TaskImpl_run(aSendResolved, aSendValue) {
try {
let yielded = aSendResolved ? this._iterator.send(aSendValue)
: this._iterator.throw(aSendValue);
// If our task yielded an iterator resulting from calling another
// generator function, automatically spawn a task from it, effectively
// turning it into a promise that is fulfilled on task completion.
if (yielded && typeof(yielded.send) == "function") {
yielded = Task.spawn(yielded);
}
if (yielded && typeof(yielded.then) == "function") {
// We have a promise object now. When fulfilled, call again into this
// function to continue the task, with either a resolution or rejection
// condition.
yielded.then(this._run.bind(this, true),
this._run.bind(this, false));
} else {
// If our task yielded a value that is not a promise, just continue and
// pass it directly as the result of the yield statement.
this._run(true, yielded);
}
} catch (ex if ex instanceof Task.Result) {
// The generator function threw the special exception that allows it to
// return a specific value on resolution.
this.deferred.resolve(ex.value);
} catch (ex if ex instanceof StopIteration) {
// The generator function terminated with no specific result.
this.deferred.resolve();
} catch (ex) {
// The generator function failed with an uncaught exception.
this.deferred.reject(ex);
}
}
};