FBLPromises 源码分析

Intro

Promise 是什么？根据维基百科的定义

They describe an object that acts as a proxy for a result that is initially unknown, usually because the computation of its value is not yet complete.

很多编程语言都有 Promise 的库，甚至有些语言，如 Javascript，甚至集成到了标准库中。作为 iOS 开发者，也避免不了写大量回调的代码，然而这样直接的写法在复杂的异步场景下，会带来可理解性和可维护性上的挑战。Promise 作为一个比较轻量级的抽象，在 OOP 的包装下，通过一些简单的扩展实现，可以很方便地处理一些异步场景，如then:(链式调用)，all:(等待多个异步结果)，retry:(重试)等。

FBLPromise

FBLPromises 就是在 Objective-C 下的一个 Promise 库。下面以它的源码作为分析，其实核心代码只有两个函数。

在 FBLPromise 对象中，有这些实例变量和静态变量。

static dispatch_queue_t gFBLPromiseDefaultDispatchQueue;

@implementation FBLPromise {
  /** Current state of the promise. */
  FBLPromiseState _state;
  /**
   Set of arbitrary objects to keep strongly while the promise is pending.
   Becomes nil after the promise has been resolved.
   */
  NSMutableSet *__nullable _pendingObjects;
  /**
   Value to fulfill the promise with.
   Can be nil if the promise is still pending, was resolved with nil or after it has been rejected.
   */
  id __nullable _value;
  /**
   Error to reject the promise with.
   Can be nil if the promise is still pending or after it has been fulfilled.
   */
  NSError *__nullable _error;
  /** List of observers to notify when the promise gets resolved. */
  NSMutableArray<FBLPromiseObserver> *_observers;
}


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