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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * 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/. */
+
+this.EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["Async"];
+
+var {classes: Cc, interfaces: Ci, results: Cr, utils: Cu} = Components;
+
+// Constants for makeSyncCallback, waitForSyncCallback.
+const CB_READY = {};
+const CB_COMPLETE = {};
+const CB_FAIL = {};
+
+const REASON_ERROR = Ci.mozIStorageStatementCallback.REASON_ERROR;
+
+Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
+
+/*
+ * Helpers for various async operations.
+ */
+this.Async = {
+
+ /**
+ * Execute an arbitrary number of asynchronous functions one after the
+ * other, passing the callback arguments on to the next one. All functions
+ * must take a callback function as their last argument. The 'this' object
+ * will be whatever chain()'s is.
+ *
+ * @usage this._chain = Async.chain;
+ * this._chain(this.foo, this.bar, this.baz)(args, for, foo)
+ *
+ * This is equivalent to:
+ *
+ * let self = this;
+ * self.foo(args, for, foo, function (bars, args) {
+ * self.bar(bars, args, function (baz, params) {
+ * self.baz(baz, params);
+ * });
+ * });
+ */
+ chain: function chain() {
+ let funcs = Array.slice(arguments);
+ let thisObj = this;
+ return function callback() {
+ if (funcs.length) {
+ let args = Array.slice(arguments).concat(callback);
+ let f = funcs.shift();
+ f.apply(thisObj, args);
+ }
+ };
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Helpers for making asynchronous calls within a synchronous API possible.
+ *
+ * If you value your sanity, do not look closely at the following functions.
+ */
+
+ /**
+ * Create a sync callback that remembers state, in particular whether it has
+ * been called.
+ * The returned callback can be called directly passing an optional arg which
+ * will be returned by waitForSyncCallback(). The callback also has a
+ * .throw() method, which takes an error object and will cause
+ * waitForSyncCallback to fail with the error object thrown as an exception
+ * (but note that the .throw method *does not* itself throw - it just causes
+ * the wait function to throw).
+ */
+ makeSyncCallback: function makeSyncCallback() {
+ // The main callback remembers the value it was passed, and that it got data.
+ let onComplete = function onComplete(data) {
+ onComplete.state = CB_COMPLETE;
+ onComplete.value = data;
+ };
+
+ // Initialize private callback data in preparation for being called.
+ onComplete.state = CB_READY;
+ onComplete.value = null;
+
+ // Allow an alternate callback to trigger an exception to be thrown.
+ onComplete.throw = function onComplete_throw(data) {
+ onComplete.state = CB_FAIL;
+ onComplete.value = data;
+ };
+
+ return onComplete;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Wait for a sync callback to finish.
+ */
+ waitForSyncCallback: function waitForSyncCallback(callback) {
+ // Grab the current thread so we can make it give up priority.
+ let thread = Cc["@mozilla.org/thread-manager;1"].getService().currentThread;
+
+ // Keep waiting until our callback is triggered (unless the app is quitting).
+ while (Async.checkAppReady() && callback.state == CB_READY) {
+ thread.processNextEvent(true);
+ }
+
+ // Reset the state of the callback to prepare for another call.
+ let state = callback.state;
+ callback.state = CB_READY;
+
+ // Throw the value the callback decided to fail with.
+ if (state == CB_FAIL) {
+ throw callback.value;
+ }
+
+ // Return the value passed to the callback.
+ return callback.value;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Check if the app is still ready (not quitting).
+ */
+ checkAppReady: function checkAppReady() {
+ // Watch for app-quit notification to stop any sync calls
+ Services.obs.addObserver(function onQuitApplication() {
+ Services.obs.removeObserver(onQuitApplication, "quit-application");
+ Async.checkAppReady = function() {
+ let exception = Components.Exception("App. Quitting", Cr.NS_ERROR_ABORT);
+ exception.appIsShuttingDown = true;
+ throw exception;
+ };
+ }, "quit-application", false);
+ // In the common case, checkAppReady just returns true
+ return (Async.checkAppReady = function() { return true; })();
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Check if the passed exception is one raised by checkAppReady. Typically
+ * this will be used in exception handlers to allow such exceptions to
+ * make their way to the top frame and allow the app to actually terminate.
+ */
+ isShutdownException(exception) {
+ return exception && exception.appIsShuttingDown === true;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Return the two things you need to make an asynchronous call synchronous
+ * by spinning the event loop.
+ */
+ makeSpinningCallback: function makeSpinningCallback() {
+ let cb = Async.makeSyncCallback();
+ function callback(error, ret) {
+ if (error)
+ cb.throw(error);
+ else
+ cb(ret);
+ }
+ callback.wait = () => Async.waitForSyncCallback(cb);
+ return callback;
+ },
+
+ // Prototype for mozIStorageCallback, used in querySpinningly.
+ // This allows us to define the handle* functions just once rather
+ // than on every querySpinningly invocation.
+ _storageCallbackPrototype: {
+ results: null,
+
+ // These are set by queryAsync.
+ names: null,
+ syncCb: null,
+
+ handleResult: function handleResult(results) {
+ if (!this.names) {
+ return;
+ }
+ if (!this.results) {
+ this.results = [];
+ }
+ let row;
+ while ((row = results.getNextRow()) != null) {
+ let item = {};
+ for (let name of this.names) {
+ item[name] = row.getResultByName(name);
+ }
+ this.results.push(item);
+ }
+ },
+ handleError: function handleError(error) {
+ this.syncCb.throw(error);
+ },
+ handleCompletion: function handleCompletion(reason) {
+
+ // If we got an error, handleError will also have been called, so don't
+ // call the callback! We never cancel statements, so we don't need to
+ // address that quandary.
+ if (reason == REASON_ERROR)
+ return;
+
+ // If we were called with column names but didn't find any results,
+ // the calling code probably still expects an array as a return value.
+ if (this.names && !this.results) {
+ this.results = [];
+ }
+ this.syncCb(this.results);
+ }
+ },
+
+ querySpinningly: function querySpinningly(query, names) {
+ // 'Synchronously' asyncExecute, fetching all results by name.
+ let storageCallback = Object.create(Async._storageCallbackPrototype);
+ storageCallback.names = names;
+ storageCallback.syncCb = Async.makeSyncCallback();
+ query.executeAsync(storageCallback);
+ return Async.waitForSyncCallback(storageCallback.syncCb);
+ },
+
+ promiseSpinningly(promise) {
+ let cb = Async.makeSpinningCallback();
+ promise.then(result => {
+ cb(null, result);
+ }, err => {
+ cb(err || new Error("Promise rejected without explicit error"));
+ });
+ return cb.wait();
+ },
+};