Deprecated

Super Enum is now deprecated in favor of Dart's Patterns. Read more here.

Super-powered enums similar to sealed classes in Kotlin

Migration From v0.4.0 to v0.6.0

• PartFile naming has been changed.

  • Should use filename.super.dart instead of filename.g.dart

• All asyncWhenX methods have been removed as they were redundant.

  • Use regular whenX methods with async callback functions instead of them
  • asyncWhen -> when
  • asyncWhenOrElse -> whenOrElse

Migration From v0.3.0 to v0.4.0

• DataField signature has been changed.
  • DataField(String,Type) should be replaced with DataField<Type>(String)
  • Should specify generic data types (eg: List, Map) in the following manner- DataField<List<Foo>>('foos')

Installation

Add the following to you pubspec.yaml and replace [version] with the latest version:

dependencies:
  super_enum: ^[version]

dev_dependencies:
  super_enum_generator: ^[version]
  build_runner: ^1.7.1 // Any latest version which works with your current Dart or Flutter SDK

Example

A Super Enum can be easily generated by annotating a private enum with @superEnum

import 'package:super_enum/super_enum.dart';

part "result.super.dart";

/// Generic Result Union
@superEnum
enum _Result {
  /// Success case Of the Result
  @generic
  @Data(fields: [
    DataField<Generic>('data'),
    DataField<String>('message'),
  ])
  Success,

  /// Error case Of the Result
  @object
  Error,
}

@Data() marks an enum value to be treated as a Data class.

• One should supply a list of possible fields inside the annotation.
• If you don't want to add fields, use @object annotation instead.
• Fields are supplied in the form of DataField objects.
• Each DataField must contain the name and the type of the field.
• If you want some DataField to be optional, set required param to false.
• If the field type needs to be generic use Generic type and annotate the enum value with @generic annotation.

@object marks an enum value to be treated as an object.

The docComments will also get copy-pasted in the generated classes.

NOTE: If you want to use existing classes directly without having them auto-generated and wrapped use @UseClass().

Run the build_runner command to generate the filename.super.dart part file.

 # Dart SDK: $pub run build_runner build
 # Flutter SDK: $flutter pub run build_runner build

Generated file

/// Generic Result Union
@immutable
abstract class Result<T> extends Equatable {
  const Result(this._type);

  /// Success case Of the Result
  factory Result.success({@required T data, @required String message}) =
      Success<T>.create;

  /// Error case Of the Result
  factory Result.error() = Error<T>.create;

  final _Result _type;

  /// The [when] method is the equivalent to pattern matching.
  /// Its prototype depends on the _Result [_type]s defined.
  R when<R extends Object>(
      {@required R Function(Success<T>) success,
      @required R Function() error}) {
    assert(() {
      if (success == null || error == null) {
        throw 'check for all possible cases';
      }
      return true;
    }());
    switch (this._type) {
      case _Result.Success:
        return success(this as Success);
      case _Result.Error:
        return error();
    }
  }

  /// The [whenOrElse] method is equivalent to [when], but doesn't require
  /// all callbacks to be specified.
  ///
  /// On the other hand, it adds an extra orElse required parameter,
  /// for fallback behavior.
  R whenOrElse<R extends Object>(
      {R Function(Success<T>) success,
      R Function() error,
      @required R Function(Result<T>) orElse}) {
    assert(() {
      if (orElse == null) {
        throw 'Missing orElse case';
      }
      return true;
    }());
    switch (this._type) {
      case _Result.Success:
        if (success == null) break;
        return success(this as Success);
      case _Result.Error:
        if (error == null) break;
        return error();
    }
    return orElse(this);
  }

  /// The [whenPartial] method is equivalent to [whenOrElse],
  /// but non-exhaustive.
  void whenPartial({void Function(Success<T>) success, void Function() error}) {
    assert(() {
      if (success == null && error == null) {
        throw 'provide at least one branch';
      }
      return true;
    }());
    switch (this._type) {
      case _Result.Success:
        if (success == null) break;
        return success(this as Success);
      case _Result.Error:
        if (error == null) break;
        return error();
    }
  }

  @override
  List<Object> get props => const [];
}

/// Success case Of the Result
@immutable
abstract class Success<T> extends Result<T> {
  const Success({@required this.data, @required this.message})
      : super(_Result.Success);

  /// Success case Of the Result
  factory Success.create({@required T data, @required String message}) =
      _SuccessImpl<T>;

  final T data;

  final String message;

  /// Creates a copy of this Success but with the given fields
  /// replaced with the new values.
  Success<T> copyWith({T data, String message});
}

@immutable
class _SuccessImpl<T> extends Success<T> {
  const _SuccessImpl({@required this.data, @required this.message})
      : super(data: data, message: message);

  @override
  final T data;

  @override
  final String message;

  @override
  _SuccessImpl<T> copyWith(
          {Object data = superEnum, Object message = superEnum}) =>
      _SuccessImpl(
        data: data == superEnum ? this.data : data as T,
        message: message == superEnum ? this.message : message as String,
      );
  @override
  String toString() => 'Success(data: ${this.data}, message: ${this.message})';
  @override
  List<Object> get props => [data, message];
}

/// Error case Of the Result
@immutable
abstract class Error<T> extends Result<T> {
  const Error() : super(_Result.Error);

  /// Error case Of the Result
  factory Error.create() = _ErrorImpl<T>;
}

@immutable
class _ErrorImpl<T> extends Error<T> {
  const _ErrorImpl() : super();

  @override
  String toString() => 'Error()';
}

Usage

Below is just one of the use-case of Super Enums. It can be used wherever you want to manage state.

// Creating an StreamController of type Result<int>
final _resultController = StreamController<Result<int>>();

// Adding a success state to the stream controller
_resultController.add(Result.success(
              data: 333,
              message: 'Success',
            ));

// Adding an error state to the stream controller
_resultController.add(Result.error());

// Listening to all the possible Result states
_resultController.stream.listen((result) {
      result.when(
        onSuccess: (data) => print(data.message), // Success
        onError: () => print('Error Occurred'), // Error Occurred
      );
    });

UseClass Example

A sample UseClass() example.

class MySuccess {
  MySuccess(this.fieldA);

  final String fieldA;
}

class MyError {
  MyError(this.fieldA, this.fieldB);

  final String fieldA;
  final int fieldB;
}

@superEnum
enum _ResultUnion {
  @UseClass(MySuccess)
  Success,

  @UseClass(MyError)
  Error,
}

Getting Started

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