Add standard convenience functions for creating Promises to resolve groups of Futures.

src/lime/app/Promises.hx

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+package lime.app;
+
+import lime.app.Promise;
+import lime.app.Future;
+
+/**
+ * A set of static utility functions for working with Promises.
+ * This includes functions which resolve groups of Futures.
+ */
+class Promises {
+  /**
+   * Creates a promise which fulfills when all the input promises resolve successfully,
+   * with an array of the result values.
+   * Rejects when any of the input promises reject, with the first rejection reason.
+   * @param futures A list of Futures to resolve.
+   * @return A Future for a list of result values.
+   */
+  public static function all<T>(futures:Array<Future<T>>):Future<Array<T>> {
+    var promise:Promise<Array<T>> = new Promise<Array<T>>();
+    var results:Array<T> = [];
+
+    for (future in futures) {
+      future.onComplete(function(result) {
+        results.push(result);
+        if (results.length == futures.length) {
+          promise.complete(results);
+        }
+      });
+      future.onError(function(error) {
+        promise.error(error);
+      });
+    }
+
+    return promise.future;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a promise which fulfills when all the input promises settle (whether success or failure).
+   * Returns an array of objects that describe the outcome of each promise.
+   * @param futures A list of Futures to resolve.
+   * @return A Future for a list of result values.
+   */
+  public static function allSettled<T>(futures:Array<Future<T>>):Future<Array<PromiseResult<T>>> {
+    var promise:Promise<Array<PromiseResult<T>>> = new Promise<Array<PromiseResult<T>>>();
+    var results:Array<PromiseResult<T>> = [];
+
+    for (future in futures) {
+      future.onComplete(function(value) {
+        results.push(PromiseResult.fulfilled(value));
+        if (results.length == futures.length) {
+          promise.complete(results);
+        }
+      });
+      future.onError(function(error) {
+        results.push(PromiseResult.rejected(value));
+        if (results.length == futures.length) {
+          promise.complete(results);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    return promise.future;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a promise which fulfills when any of the input promises resolve successfully.
+   * Returns the first fulfilled promise. If all promises reject, the promise will be rejected with the list of rejection reasons.
+   * @param futures A list of Futures to resolve.
+   * @return A Future for a result value.
+   */
+  public static function any<T>(futures:Array<Future<T>>):Future<T> {
+    var promise:Promise<T> = new Promise<T>();
+    var errors:Array<Dynamic> = [];
+
+    for (future in futures) {
+      future.onComplete(function(value) {
+        promise.complete(value);
+      });
+      future.onError(function(error) {
+        errors.push(error);
+        if (errors.length == futures.length) {
+          promise.error(errors);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    return promise.future;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a promise which fulfills when any of the input promises settle.
+   * Returns an object that describes the outcome of the first settled promise (whether success or failure).
+   * @param futures A list of Futures to resolve.
+   * @return A Future for a result value.
+   */
+  public static function race<T>(futures:Array<Future<T>>):Future<PromiseResult<T>> {
+    var promise:Promise<PromiseResult<T>> = new Promise<PromiseResult<T>>();
+    for (future in futures) {
+      future.onComplete(function(value) {
+        promise.complete(PromiseResult.fulfilled(value));
+      });
+      future.onError(function(error) {
+        promise.complete(PromiseResult.rejected(error));
+      });
+    }
+    return promise.future;
+  }
+}
+
+class PromiseResult<T> {
+  /**
+   * The current state of the promise.
+   */
+  public var state:PromiseState;
+  /**
+   * The value of the promise, if it resolved as Fulfilled.
+   */
+  public var value:Null<T>;
+  /**
+   * The error of the promise, if it resolved as Rejected.
+   */
+  public var error:Null<Dynamic>;
+
+  private function new(state:PromiseState, value:Null<T>, error:Null<Dynamic>):Void {
+    this.state = state;
+    this.value = value;
+    this.error = error;
+  }
+
+  public static function pending<T>():PromiseResult<T> {
+    return new PromiseResult<T>(PromiseState.Pending, null, null);
+  }
+
+  public static function fulfilled<T>(value:T):PromiseResult<T> {
+    return new PromiseResult<T>(PromiseState.Fulfilled, value, null);
+  }
+
+  public static function rejected<T>(error:Dynamic):PromiseResult<T> {
+    return new PromiseResult<T>(PromiseState.Rejected, null, error);
+  }
+}
+
+enum PromiseState {
+  /**
+   * This promise has not yet resolved.
+   */
+  Pending;
+  /**
+   * This promise has resolved with a value.
+   */
+  Fulfilled;
+  /**
+   * This promise has resolved with an error.
+   */
+  Rejected;
+}