I'm trying to Create a Promise that resolves when variable is not undefined.
Code example
https://codesandbox.io/s/quizzical-feynman-ktvox?file=/src/index.js
let fetchedPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const check = ()=>{
setTimeout(() =>{
console.log("checking")
if (dataFetched) resolve(dataFetched);
else check()
}, 100);
}
check()
});
const waitForDataFromAnotherComponent = async () => {
let result = await fetchedPromise;
console.log("Result: ", result);
};
const assignData = () => {
setTimeout(() => {
dataFetched = 1000;
console.log(dataFetched);
}, 5000)
};
waitForDataFromAnotherComponent();
assignData();
This works but I find it inefficient as it's callstack prone and seems wrong.
Other non-working solutions I've tried:
//-------------SOLUTION 1
let fetchedPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const check = ()=>{
if (dataFetched) resolve(dataFetched);
else check()
}
check()
});
//--------------------SOLUTION 2
let fetchedPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
if (dataFetched) resolve(dataFetched);
});
Scenario
I need a function like solution 3 that doesn't rely on setTimeout
Solved by using Javascript Proxy
Basically I assign a Proxy Object to dataFetched that listens to changes.
I re-create the function of listening due to the fact that it must include resolve()
let dataFetched
let x = {
aListener: function (val) {},
set a(val) {
dataFetched = val;
this.aListener(val);
},
get a() {
return dataFetched;
},
registerListener: function (listener) {
this.aListener = listener;
}
};
let fetchedPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
x.registerListener(function (val) {
console.log("yeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy");
if (dataFetched) resolve(dataFetched);
});
});
const waitForDataFromAnotherComponent = async () => {
let result = await fetchedPromise;
console.log("Result: ", result);
};
const assignData = async () => {
await new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
setTimeout(() => {
x.a = 1000;
console.log(dataFetched);
resolve(dataFetched);
}, 1000)
);
};
waitForDataFromAnotherComponent();
assignData();
EDIT
Actually it's possible to externalize the resolve()
function of the promise but with some downsides as stated here
example
let dataFetched
var promiseResolve, promiseReject;
let x = {
aListener: function (val) {
if (dataFetched) promiseResolve(dataFetched);
},
set a(val) {
dataFetched = val;
this.aListener(val);
},
get a() {
return dataFetched;
},
registerListener: function (listener) {
this.aListener = listener;
}
};
let fetchedPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
promiseResolve = resolve;
promiseReject = reject;
});