MultiType lets you create weird module-like objects that match object instances of certain types. If this sentense doesn't seem to make sense, chances are, you don't really need it anyway.
Here're some potential usecases:
class WhateverMediator < Mediators::Base
Actor = MultiType[User, Admin]
def initialize(actor:, action:)
@actor, @action = actor, action
unless Actor === actor
raise ArgumentError, "actor must be of Actor type"
end
end
def call
# actor performing an action maybe?
end
end
class MyClient < Clients::Base
RetryableErrors = MultiType[
EOFError,
Excon::Errors::ResponseParseError,
Excon::Errors::SocketError,
Excon::Errors::Timeout,
OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError,
SocketError,
SystemCallError
]
CriticalErrors = MultiType[
Excon::Errors::Conflict,
Excon::Errors::Forbidden,
Excon::Errors::NotAcceptable,
Excon::Errors::NotFound,
Excon::Errors::Unauthorized
]
def perform(**params)
log "performing with #{params}"
connection.post(
path: "/call/action",
body: JSON.dump(params)
)
rescue RetryableErrors => error
log "failed: #{error}"
log "retrying in 10"
sleep 10
retry
rescue CriticalErrors => error
log "failed critically: #{error}"
perform_cleanup
rescue => error # ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
log "unexpected error happened: #{error}"
raise
end
end
Combining MultiType with other types or MultiTypes is as easy as creating a new MultiType including all those things:
SocketErrors = MultiType[
EOFError,
OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError,
SocketError,
SystemCallError,
Timeout::Error
]
ConnectionErrors = MultiType[
Excon::Errors::ResponseParseError,
Excon::Errors::SocketError,
Excon::Errors::Timeout,
Net::HTTPBadResponse,
SocketErrors # note that this is a multi type
]
# or like that. Does the same thing:
ConnectionErrors = SocketErrors.add(
Excon::Errors::ResponseParseError,
Excon::Errors::SocketError,
Excon::Errors::Timeout,
Net::HTTPBadResponse
)
# Now ConnectionErrors include all SocketErrors and a bunch of new types
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem "multi_type"
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install multi_type
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/rwz/multi_type.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.