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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # Waterfall 22 23 > Execute functions in series, passing the results of one function as arguments to the next function. 24 25 <!-- Section to include introductory text. Make sure to keep an empty line after the intro `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 26 27 <section class="intro"> 28 29 </section> 30 31 <!-- /.intro --> 32 33 <!-- Package usage documentation. --> 34 35 <section class="usage"> 36 37 ## Usage 38 39 ```javascript 40 var waterfall = require( '@stdlib/utils/async/series-waterfall' ); 41 ``` 42 43 #### waterfall( fcns, clbk\[, thisArg] ) 44 45 Executes `functions` in series, passing the results of one `function` as arguments to the next `function`. 46 47 ```javascript 48 function foo( next ) { 49 next( null, 'beep' ); 50 } 51 52 function bar( str, next ) { 53 console.log( str ); 54 // => 'beep' 55 56 next(); 57 } 58 59 function done( error ) { 60 if ( error ) { 61 throw error; 62 } 63 } 64 65 var fcns = [ foo, bar ]; 66 67 waterfall( fcns, done ); 68 ``` 69 70 To set the `this` context for **all** `functions` in the provided function array, provide a `thisArg`. 71 72 <!-- eslint-disable no-use-before-define --> 73 74 ```javascript 75 function foo( next ) { 76 this.idx = 0; 77 next( null, 'beep' ); 78 } 79 80 function bar( str, next ) { 81 this.idx += 1; 82 console.log( str ); 83 // => 'beep' 84 85 next(); 86 } 87 88 function done( error ) { 89 if ( error ) { 90 throw error; 91 } 92 console.log( ctx.idx ); 93 // => 1 94 } 95 96 var ctx = {}; 97 var fcns = [ foo, bar ]; 98 99 waterfall( fcns, done, ctx ); 100 ``` 101 102 #### waterfall.factory( fcns, done\[, thisArg] ) 103 104 Returns a reusable waterfall `function`. 105 106 ```javascript 107 function foo( next ) { 108 next( null, 'beep' ); 109 } 110 111 function bar( str, next ) { 112 console.log( str ); 113 // => 'beep' 114 115 next(); 116 } 117 118 function done( error ) { 119 if ( error ) { 120 throw error; 121 } 122 } 123 124 var fcns = [ foo, bar ]; 125 126 var run = waterfall.factory( fcns, done ); 127 128 run(); 129 run(); 130 run(); 131 ``` 132 133 </section> 134 135 <!-- /.usage --> 136 137 <!-- Package usage notes. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 138 139 <section class="notes"> 140 141 ## Notes 142 143 - The last argument applied to each waterfall `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. 144 - 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. 145 - 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`). 146 147 </section> 148 149 <!-- /.notes --> 150 151 <!-- Package usage examples. --> 152 153 <section class="examples"> 154 155 ## Examples 156 157 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 158 159 ```javascript 160 var replace = require( '@stdlib/string/replace' ); 161 var waterfall = require( '@stdlib/utils/async/series-waterfall' ); 162 163 function foo( next ) { 164 next( null, 'beep' ); 165 } 166 167 function bar( str, next ) { 168 console.log( str ); 169 next( null, replace( str, 'e', 'o' ) ); 170 } 171 172 function fun( str, next ) { 173 console.log( str ); 174 next(); 175 } 176 177 function done( error ) { 178 if ( error ) { 179 throw error; 180 } 181 console.log( 'done' ); 182 } 183 184 var fcns = [ foo, bar, fun ]; 185 186 waterfall( fcns, done ); 187 ``` 188 189 </section> 190 191 <!-- /.examples --> 192 193 <!-- Section to include cited references. If references are included, add a horizontal rule *before* the section. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 194 195 <section class="references"> 196 197 </section> 198 199 <!-- /.references --> 200 201 <!-- Section for all links. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 202 203 <section class="links"> 204 205 </section> 206 207 <!-- /.links -->