Modern Concurrency: Beyond the Basics

Oct 20 2022 · Swift 5.5, iOS 15, Xcode 13.4

Part 1: AsyncStream & Continuations

08. Wrapping Callback With Continuation

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Notes: 08. Wrapping Callback With Continuation

At the time of recording, Xcode 14 flags a runtime error in the location delegate continuation. If this happens to you, use Xcode 13 for the rest of Part 1.

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Wrapping callback APIs with continuation

Many of Apple’s “old” asynchronous APIs use callbacks: When you call a method like URLSession dataTask, you supply a completion handler, and this handler runs when the method finishes its work.

let address: String = 
try await withCheckedThrowingContinuation { continuation in
  
}
let address: String = try await
withCheckedThrowingContinuation { continuation in
  🟩
  AddressEncoder.addressFor(location: location) { address, error in
    
  }
  🟥
}
let address: String = try await
withCheckedThrowingContinuation { continuation in
  AddressEncoder.addressFor(location: location) { address, error in
    🟩
    switch (address, error) {
    // type action on same line, except for last case
    case (nil, let error?):  // If you get an error, throw it
      continuation.resume(throwing: error)
    case (let address?, nil):  // If you get an address, return it
      continuation.resume(returning: address)
    case (nil, nil):  // If you get nothing at all, throw a generic error
      continuation.resume(throwing: "Address encoding failed")
    // copy-paste 2nd case, remember to move let out of parentheses
    case let (address?, error?):  // If you get both address and error...
      continuation.resume(returning: address)  // return the address...
      print(error)  // and print the error
    }
    🟥
  }
}
try await say("📍 \(address)")