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boolasync

0.1.0 • Public • Published

Boolasync

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Async boolean logic.

require('boolasync')({ monkey: true }); 
 
// fn1 && fn2 || fn3 && (fn4 || !fn5 && fn6)
fn1.and(fn2).or(fn3).and(fn4.orNot(fn5).and(fn6)).eval(function (err, res) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  if (res) {
    console.log('The expression evaluated to true.');
  }
  else {
    console.log('The expression evaluated to false.');
  }
});

One advantage bool has over executing all your async functions, waiting for their return values and doing native boolean operations is that it lazy evaluates callbacks. Meaning that it won't wait for a function's return value if it already knows the final result will be false/true. Just like Javascript does.

Usage

// this will monkey patch Function.prototype to expose .and, .or,
.andNot and .or Not
 
var boolasync = require('boolasync')({ monkey: true });
 
// if you dislike monkey patching
 
var boolasync = require('boolasync'),
  w = boolasync.wrap;
 
// now you need to wrap functions with boolasync.wrap before you
// can call the boolean operators on them
 
fn1 = w(fn1);
fn2 = w(fn2);
 
fn1.and(fn2.or(fn3));

(wannabe) BNF notation:

<expression> ::= "fn." <method> "(" <arguments> ")" <expression> | ""
<arguments> ::= <expression> | "[" <list> "]" | <list>
<list> ::= <expression> | <expression>,<list> 
<method> ::= "and" | "or" | "andNot" | "orNot"

or

fn.and(fn2).eval(cb)
fn.or(fn2).eval(cb)
fn.andNot(fn2).eval(cb)
fn.orNot(fn2).eval(cb)

The signature for fn is: function (callback) {} where callback's signature is function (err, res). Res should be a boolean or it will be coerced to a boolean.

The signature for cb is: function (err, istrue) {} where istrue is the result of the expression.

You can nest expressions:

// fn && (fn2 || fn3)
fn.and(fn2.or(fn3)).eval()

Here is a more concrete example:

var is_user = function (cb) {
  process.nextTick(function (cb) {
    cb(null, true);
  });
}
var is_admin = function (cb) {
  process.nextTick(function (cb) {
    cb(null, false);
  });
}
var is_superadmin = function (cb) {
  process.nextTick(function (cb) {
    cb(null, true);
  });
}
 
// is_user && (is_admin || id_superadmin)
is_user.and(is_admin.or(is_superadmin)).eval(function (err, istrue) {
  if (istrue) {
    console.log('user is authorized');
  }
  else {
    console.log('user is not authorized');
  }
});

3 ways to write the same thing:

is_user.and(is_admin).and(is_superadmin)
 
is_user.and([is_admin, is_superadmin])
 
is_user.and(is_admin, is_superadmin)

Roadmap

  • Support this type of syntax:
bool("? and ? or (? and ?)", [ fn1, fn2, fn3, fn4 ], cb);

  • Browser friendly build.

  • Wrapper utility for sync functions and non-functions.

Instead of .eval(cb), simply call (cb) at the end.

  • Version that uses function generators

  • Stingify expression object to nice representation. i.e.: (fn1 && fn2 || fn3)

License

MIT: http://olalonde.mit-license.org

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