Hi. Sorry for the dumb question but I don't see this explicitly covered in the documentation. Curren...

# arrow

[David Kubecka]

Hi. Sorry for the dumb question but I don't see this explicitly covered in the documentation. Currently, I'm using kotlin-result library to model my error domain (basically the same as Either). I'm trying to convert this to the Raise DSL but I'm getting quite a hairy code at places where I eventually need to handle the error. This is especially visible in tests where I often hard-assume the ok result. Currently, I have this:

class MyService {
  fun someMethod(): Result<Int, MyError> = Ok(1)
}

fun test() {
  val result = MyService().someMethod().get()
  // check result
}

With the Raise DSL, I have this:

class MyService {
  fun Raise<MyError>.someMethod(): Int = 1
}

fun test() {
  val result =
    with(MyService()) {
      recover({someMethod()}) { error("not expected") }
    }
  // check result
}

Isn't there a better way?

(Note that the two ways are not exactly equivalent since in the first case the type of result is Int? whereas in the second it's Int. This is not so important in tests, however.)

[Emil Kantis]

I think I would do

fun test() {
  val result = either { MyService().someMethod() }.shouldBeRight()
}

shouldBeRight() is a Kotest Arrow assertion which asserts that the result is OK and unpacks it.

[David Kubecka]

I don't use kotest (yet) and I surely need to somehow bring in the service receiver but the either way looks certainly better.

fun test() {
  val result = either { 
    with(MyService()) { someMethod() }
  }.getOrNull()
}

[David Kubecka]

I think I will probably make a small test helper out of this.

[Emil Kantis]

You could also let your method return an Either, and skip using the Raise context.

class MyService {
  fun someMethod(): Either<MyError, Int> =  either { 1 }
}

fun test() {
  val result = MyService().someMethod().getOrNull()
}

🙂

[David Kubecka]

Well, as I said "I'm trying to convert this to the Raise DSL" 😄

[Youssef Shoaib [MOD]]

nullable { ignoreErrors { } } is likely along the lines of what you want. I've also used a shouldSucceed { } function for tests before, or even a parameter injector thingy from JUnit (can't remember the name) that injects an object : Raise<Any?> { override fun raise(r: Any?) = error("Test failed with $r") }

[David Kubecka]

Good ideas! I will probably go with that custom testRaise object since nullable { ignoreErrors { } } silently swallows all errors. I don't see, however, what's the advantage of using the ParameterResolver (probably that JUnit thingy) over simply using a (statically) defined object. In either case, you have to do with(testRaise) { ... } anyway.

[Youssef Shoaib [MOD]]

It's because you can have your desired Raise<Blah> as a receiver or a context on your test method!
E.g. :

class MyTestClass {
  @Test
  context(_: Raise<MyError>, _: Raise<MyOtherError>)
  fun fooTest() {
    // Both available in context!
  }
}

That's because receivers and contexts all compile down to parameters!

[David Kubecka]

Then I probably misunderstood what you were talking about. I thought you meant this:

@ExtendWith(TestRaiseParameterResolver.class)
class MyTestClass {
  @Test
  fun fooTest(testRaise: TestRaise) {
    // ...
  }
}

With this I couldn't see the advantage of having the static object injected by JUnit.

[David Kubecka]

Oh, I understand now! The beauty of context parameters is such that I strongly consider using them in production code even if they are experimental 🙂

[phldavies]

I've been using something like this where needed:

inline fun <E, R> shouldNotRaise(block: Raise<E>.() -> R): R =
    fold(block, { fail("Unexpected raise of $it") }, ::identity)

inline fun <E> shouldRaise(block: Raise<E>.() -> Any?): E =
    fold(block, ::identity) { fail("Expected raise, but returned $it") }

[phldavies]

the latter could be made reified to include the raise type in the error message as desired

[Riccardo Cardin]

I'm late to the party, but if you need to test results that use Arrow types and you have assertj as a dependency, you can use https://github.com/rcardin/assertj-arrow-core