@tioniq/disposiq v1.3.2

Disposiq

Disposiq is a utility collection of Dispose pattern.

This library is compatible with upcoming Explicit Resource Management API which is already implemented in Typescript 5.2

Are you lazy about cleaning up resources? Does your code look messy, and do you want to make it cleaner and easier to read? Are you tired of writing the same code for cleaning up resources over and over again? Have you wanted to use the Dispose pattern in your project, but you don't know how to start? Then this library is for you!

Stop talking, show me the code!

Installation

You can install the library using npm:

npm install @tioniq/disposiq

Function as a disposable

import { DisposableAction } from '@tioniq/disposiq'

// The action will be executed only once when the disposable is disposed
const disposable = new DisposableAction(() => {
  console.log('Resource cleaned up')
})
disposable.dispose() // Output: Resource cleaned up
disposable.dispose() // No output

Store-based disposable

import { DisposableStore, DisposableAction } from '@tioniq/disposiq'

const store = new DisposableStore()
const disposable1 = new DisposableAction(() => {
  console.log('Resource cleaned up 1')
})
// DisposableStore accepts functions as disposables
const disposable2 = () => {
  console.log('Resource cleaned up 2')
}
store.add(disposable1)
store.add(disposable2)
store.dispose() // Output: Resource cleaned up 1, Resource cleaned up 2

const disposable3 = () => {
  console.log('Resource cleaned up 3')
}

// After disposing of the store, all disposables added to the store will be disposed of immediately
store.add(disposable3) // Output: Resource cleaned up 3

Store-based disposable to dispose temporary resources

import { DisposableStore, DisposableAction } from '@tioniq/disposiq'

const store = new DisposableStore()
const disposable1 = new DisposableAction(() => {
  console.log('Resource cleaned up 1')
})
const disposable2 = new DisposableAction(() => {
  console.log('Resource cleaned up 2')
})
// You can add multiple disposables at once
store.add(disposable1, disposable2)

// Dispose of the current disposables in the store without disposing of the store itself
store.disposeCurrent() // Output: Resource cleaned up 1, Resource cleaned up 2

// The store is still active, but all contained disposables are disposed of and removed from the store
// You can now add new disposables to the store
store.add(() => {
  console.log('Resource cleaned up 3')
}) // No output

// Dispose the store completely
store.dispose() // Output: Resource cleaned up 3

Explicit Resource Management API support (aka 'using' keyword)

import { DisposableStore, DisposableAction } from '@tioniq/disposiq'

// When using the new 'using' keyword, the disposable will be disposed of automatically when it goes out of scope
{
  using disposable = new DisposableAction(() => {
    console.log('Resource cleaned up')
  })
}
// Output: Resource cleaned up

// It also works with other disposable objects from the library. For example, DisposableStore:
{
  using store = new DisposableStore()
  store.add(new DisposableAction(() => {
    console.log('Resource cleaned up')
  }))
} // Output: Resource cleaned up

If you cannot use 'using' keyword

There is a way to achieve the same result without use of the 'using' keyword. You can use the 'using' function instead.

import { Disposable, using } from '@tioniq/disposiq'

using(new Client(), async (client) => {
  await client.makeRequest() // Output: Request made
}) // Output: Resource cleaned up

class Client extends Disposable {
  constructor() {
    super()
    this.addDisposable(() => {
      console.log('Resource cleaned up')
    })
  }

  async makeRequest() {
    console.log('Request made')
  }
}

You can find a simple example here. Also, check out another project built with Disposiq: Eventiq. It's an implementation of the Observer pattern using Disposiq. It's an interesting project worth exploring!

Extensions

The library is flexible and can be extended to custom functionality. All classes in the library extend the Disposiq class, so you can add custom methods to the class. For example, you can add a custom method to the Disposiq class:

import { Disposiq, DisposableAction, IDisposable } from '@tioniq/disposiq'

declare module '@tioniq/disposiq' {
  interface Disposiq {
    togetherWith(other: IDisposable): Disposiq
  }
}

Disposiq.prototype.togetherWith = function (this: Disposiq, other: IDisposable): Disposiq {
  return new DisposableAction(() => {
    this.dispose()
    other.dispose()
  })
}

Inspiration

This library is inspired by the

• Dispose pattern and its principles
• The usage of disposables in Monaco Editor and VSCode
• The usage of disposables in RxJava and ReactiveX
• The C# IDisposable interface
• The core concept used by major projects like Angular, React, Vue, etc., which utilize a return function or component method to clean up resources

Documentation

Interfaces & Types

Classes

Functions

For more information, please check the type definitions file.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub. Remember to write tests for your changes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.