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Waterfall
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Execute functions in series, passing the results of one function as arguments to the next function.
bash
npm install @stdlib/utils-async-series-waterfall
javascript
var waterfall = require( '@stdlib/utils-async-series-waterfall' );
#### waterfall( fcns, clbk[, thisArg] )
Executes functions
in series, passing the results of one function
as arguments to the next function
.
javascript
function foo( next ) {
next( null, 'beep' );
}
function bar( str, next ) {
console.log( str );
// => 'beep'
next();
}
function done( error ) {
if ( error ) {
throw error;
}
}
var fcns = [ foo, bar ];
waterfall( fcns, done );
To set the this
context for all functions
in the provided function array, provide a thisArg
.
javascript
function foo( next ) {
this.idx = 0;
next( null, 'beep' );
}
function bar( str, next ) {
this.idx += 1;
console.log( str );
// => 'beep'
next();
}
function done( error ) {
if ( error ) {
throw error;
}
console.log( ctx.idx );
// => 1
}
var ctx = {};
var fcns = [ foo, bar ];
waterfall( fcns, done, ctx );
#### waterfall.factory( fcns, done[, thisArg] )
Returns a reusable waterfall function
.
javascript
function foo( next ) {
next( null, 'beep' );
}
function bar( str, next ) {
console.log( str );
// => 'beep'
next();
}
function done( error ) {
if ( error ) {
throw error;
}
}
var fcns = [ foo, bar ];
var run = waterfall.factory( fcns, done );
run();
run();
run();
function
is a callback. The callback should be invoked upon a series function
completion. The first argument is reserved as an error
argument (which can be null
). Any results which should be passed to the next function
in the series should be provided beginning with the second argument.
- If any function
calls the provided callback with a truthy error
argument, the waterfall suspends execution and immediately calls the done
callback for subsequent error
handling.
- This implementation does not guarantee that execution is asynchronous. To do so, wrap the done
callback in a function
which either executes at the end of the current stack (e.g., nextTick
) or during a subsequent turn of the event loop (e.g., setImmediate
, setTimeout
).
javascript
var replace = require( '@stdlib/string-replace' );
var waterfall = require( '@stdlib/utils-async-series-waterfall' );
function foo( next ) {
next( null, 'beep' );
}
function bar( str, next ) {
console.log( str );
next( null, replace( str, 'e', 'o' ) );
}
function fun( str, next ) {
console.log( str );
next();
}
function done( error ) {
if ( error ) {
throw error;
}
console.log( 'done' );
}
var fcns = [ foo, bar, fun ];
waterfall( fcns, done );