i need to figure out my formatter.

Author: mikkurogue

src/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export { Result, ok, Ok, err, Err, fromThrowable, safeTry } from './result'
+export { Result, ok, Ok, err, Err, TaggedError, fromThrowable, safeTry } from './result'
 export {
   ResultAsync,
   okAsync,

src/result-async.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type {
   MembersToUnion,
 } from './result'
 
-import { Err, Ok, Result } from './'
+import { Err, Ok, Result, TaggedError } from './'
 import {
   combineResultAsyncList,
   combineResultAsyncListWithAllErrors,
@@ -199,6 +199,34 @@ export class ResultAsync<T, E> implements PromiseLike<Result<T, E>> {
     )
   }
 
+  catchTags<Handlers extends CatchTagsHandlersFor<E>>(
+    handlers: Handlers,
+  ): ResultAsync<T | CatchTagsHandlerOkTypes<Handlers>, E | CatchTagsHandlerErrTypes<Handlers>>
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any, @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
+  catchTags(handlers: any): any {
+    return new ResultAsync(
+      this._promise.then(async (res: Result<T, E>) => {
+        if (res.isOk()) {
+          return new Ok(res.value)
+        }
+
+        if (res.error instanceof TaggedError) {
+          const handler = handlers[res.error._tag] as
+            | ((
+                error: TaggedErrorUnion,
+              ) => Result<unknown, unknown> | ResultAsync<unknown, unknown>)
+            | undefined
+          if (handler !== undefined) {
+            const handledResult = handler(res.error)
+            return handledResult instanceof ResultAsync ? handledResult._promise : handledResult
+          }
+        }
+
+        return new Err(res.error)
+      }),
+    )
+  }
+
   match<A, B = A>(ok: (t: T) => A, _err: (e: E) => B): Promise<A | B> {
     return this._promise.then((res) => res.match(ok, _err))
   }
@@ -336,3 +364,34 @@ type TraverseWithAllErrorsAsync<T, Depth extends number = 5> = TraverseAsync<
 
 // Converts a reaodnly array into a writable array
 type Writable<T> = T extends ReadonlyArray<unknown> ? [...T] : T
+
+type TaggedErrorUnion = TaggedError<string>
+type CatchTagsHandlers = {
+  [K in string]?: (
+    error: TaggedErrorUnion,
+  ) => Result<unknown, unknown> | ResultAsync<unknown, unknown>
+}
+type CatchTagsHandlersFor<E> = Partial<
+  {
+    [K in Extract<Extract<E, TaggedErrorUnion>['_tag'], string>]: (
+      error: Extract<Extract<E, TaggedErrorUnion>, { _tag: K }>,
+    ) => Result<unknown, unknown> | ResultAsync<unknown, unknown>
+  }
+>
+type CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers> = {
+  [K in keyof Handlers]: Handlers[K] extends (...args: readonly unknown[]) => infer R ? R : never
+}[keyof Handlers]
+type CatchTagsHandlerResultSyncUnion<Handlers> = Extract<
+  CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>,
+  Result<unknown, unknown>
+>
+type CatchTagsHandlerResultAsyncUnion<Handlers> = Extract<
+  CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>,
+  ResultAsync<unknown, unknown>
+>
+type CatchTagsHandlerOkTypes<Handlers> =
+  | InferOkTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultSyncUnion<Handlers>>
+  | InferAsyncOkTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultAsyncUnion<Handlers>>
+type CatchTagsHandlerErrTypes<Handlers> =
+  | InferErrTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultSyncUnion<Handlers>>
+  | InferAsyncErrTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultAsyncUnion<Handlers>>

src/result.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,31 @@ export namespace Result {
 
 export type Result<T, E> = Ok<T, E> | Err<T, E>
 
+type TaggedErrorUnion = TaggedError<string>
+type CatchTagsHandlers = {
+  [K in string]?: (error: TaggedErrorUnion) => Result<unknown, unknown>
+}
+type CatchTagsHandlersFor<E> = Partial<
+  {
+    [K in Extract<Extract<E, TaggedErrorUnion>['_tag'], string>]: (
+      error: Extract<Extract<E, TaggedErrorUnion>, { _tag: K }>,
+    ) => Result<unknown, unknown>
+  }
+>
+type CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers> = {
+  [K in keyof Handlers]: Handlers[K] extends (...args: readonly unknown[]) => infer R ? R : never
+}[keyof Handlers]
+
+export class TaggedError<Tag extends string = string> extends Error {
+  readonly _tag: Tag
+
+  constructor(tag: Tag, message?: string) {
+    super(message)
+    this._tag = tag
+    this.name = this.constructor.name
+  }
+}
+
 export function ok<T, E = never>(value: T): Ok<T, E>
 export function ok<T extends void = void, E = never>(value: void): Ok<void, E>
 export function ok<T, E = never>(value: T): Ok<T, E> {
@@ -232,6 +257,16 @@ interface IResult<T, E> {
   ): Result<InferOkTypes<R> | T, InferErrTypes<R>>
   orElse<U, A>(f: (e: E) => Result<U, A>): Result<U | T, A>
 
+  /**
+   * Catches tagged errors by matching against the `_tag` property.
+   */
+  catchTags<Handlers extends CatchTagsHandlersFor<E>>(
+    handlers: Handlers,
+  ): Result<
+    T | InferOkTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>,
+    E | InferErrTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>
+  >
+
   /**
    * Similar to `map` Except you must return a new `Result`.
    *
@@ -367,6 +402,15 @@ export class Ok<T, E> implements IResult<T, E> {
     return ok(this.value)
   }
 
+  catchTags<Handlers extends CatchTagsHandlersFor<E>>(
+    _handlers: Handlers,
+  ): Result<
+    T | InferOkTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>,
+    E | InferErrTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>
+  > {
+    return ok(this.value)
+  }
+
   asyncAndThen<U, F>(f: (t: T) => ResultAsync<U, F>): ResultAsync<U, E | F> {
     return f(this.value)
   }
@@ -396,8 +440,10 @@ export class Ok<T, E> implements IResult<T, E> {
 
   safeUnwrap(): Generator<Err<never, E>, T> {
     const value = this.value
-    /* eslint-disable-next-line require-yield */
     return (function* () {
+      for (const _err of [] as Err<never, E>[]) {
+        yield _err
+      }
       return value
     })()
   }
@@ -410,8 +456,10 @@ export class Ok<T, E> implements IResult<T, E> {
     throw createNeverThrowError('Called `_unsafeUnwrapErr` on an Ok', this, config)
   }
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-this-alias, require-yield
   *[Symbol.iterator](): Generator<Err<never, E>, T> {
+    for (const _err of [] as Err<never, E>[]) {
+      yield _err
+    }
     return this.value
   }
 }
@@ -471,6 +519,31 @@ export class Err<T, E> implements IResult<T, E> {
     return f(this.error)
   }
 
+  catchTags<Handlers extends CatchTagsHandlersFor<E>>(
+    handlers: Handlers,
+  ): Result<
+    T | InferOkTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>,
+    E | InferErrTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>
+  > {
+    if (this.error instanceof TaggedError) {
+      const keyedHandlers = handlers as CatchTagsHandlers
+      const handler = keyedHandlers[this.error._tag] as
+        | ((error: TaggedErrorUnion) => Result<unknown, unknown>)
+        | undefined
+      if (handler !== undefined) {
+        return handler(this.error as TaggedErrorUnion) as Result<
+          T | InferOkTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>,
+          E | InferErrTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>
+        >
+      }
+    }
+
+    return err(this.error) as Result<
+      T | InferOkTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>,
+      E | InferErrTypes<CatchTagsHandlerResultUnion<Handlers>>
+    >
+  }
+
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
   asyncAndThen<U, F>(_f: (t: T) => ResultAsync<U, F>): ResultAsync<U, E | F> {
     return errAsync<U, E>(this.error)

tests/index.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   okAsync,
   Result,
   ResultAsync,
+  TaggedError,
 } from '../src'
 
 import { vitest, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
@@ -475,6 +476,71 @@ describe('Result.Err', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('TaggedError', () => {
+  class ParseError extends TaggedError<'ParseError'> {
+    constructor(public readonly input: string) {
+      super('ParseError', `Unable to parse: ${input}`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  class ValidationError extends TaggedError<'ValidationError'> {
+    constructor(public readonly reason: string) {
+      super('ValidationError', `Validation failed: ${reason}`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  it('catches matching tagged errors on Result', () => {
+    const result = err<number, ParseError | ValidationError>(new ParseError('abc')).catchTags({
+      ParseError: (_error) => ok(3),
+    })
+
+    expect(result.isOk()).toBe(true)
+    expect(result._unsafeUnwrap()).toBe(3)
+  })
+
+  it('passes through when no matching handler is present', () => {
+    const source = err<number, ParseError | ValidationError>(new ValidationError('too short'))
+
+    const result = source.catchTags({
+      ParseError: (_error) => ok(123),
+    })
+
+    expect(result.isErr()).toBe(true)
+    expect(result._unsafeUnwrapErr()).toBe(source._unsafeUnwrapErr())
+  })
+
+  it('does not catch non-tagged errors', () => {
+    const originalError = new Error('plain error')
+    const result = err<number, Error>(originalError).catchTags({
+      ParseError: (_error: never) => ok(0),
+    })
+
+    expect(result.isErr()).toBe(true)
+    expect(result._unsafeUnwrapErr()).toBe(originalError)
+  })
+
+  it('catches matching tagged errors on ResultAsync', async () => {
+    const result = await errAsync<number, ParseError | ValidationError>(
+      new ValidationError('missing field'),
+    ).catchTags({
+      ValidationError: (_error) => okAsync('missing field'.length),
+    })
+
+    expect(result.isOk()).toBe(true)
+    expect(result._unsafeUnwrap()).toBe('missing field'.length)
+  })
+
+  it('passes through non-matching tags on ResultAsync', async () => {
+    const sourceError = new ValidationError('missing field')
+    const result = await errAsync<number, ParseError | ValidationError>(sourceError).catchTags({
+      ParseError: (_error) => okAsync(1),
+    })
+
+    expect(result.isErr()).toBe(true)
+    expect(result._unsafeUnwrapErr()).toBe(sourceError)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('Result.fromThrowable', () => {
   it('Creates a function that returns an OK result when the inner function does not throw', () => {
     const hello = (): string => 'hello'

tests/typecheck-tests.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   okAsync,
   Result,
   ResultAsync,
+  TaggedError,
 } from '../src'
 import { safeTry, Transpose } from '../src/result'
 import { type N, Test } from 'ts-toolbelt'
@@ -393,6 +394,41 @@ type CreateTuple<L, V = string> =
     });
   });
 
+  (function describe(_ = 'catchTags') {
+    class ParseError extends TaggedError<'ParseError'> {
+      constructor(readonly input: string) {
+        super('ParseError', input)
+      }
+    }
+
+    class ValidationError extends TaggedError<'ValidationError'> {
+      constructor(readonly reason: string) {
+        super('ValidationError', reason)
+      }
+    }
+
+    (function it(_ = 'suggests keys based on tagged errors in Result error union') {
+      type SourceError = ParseError | ValidationError | Error
+      type Expectation = Result<number | string, SourceError | Error>
+
+      const source: Result<number, SourceError> = err(new ParseError('raw-input'))
+      const result: Expectation = source.catchTags({
+        ParseError: (_error) => ok('raw-input'),
+      })
+    });
+
+    (function it(_ = 'supports multiple handlers and unions their output types') {
+      type SourceError = ParseError | ValidationError | Error
+      type Expectation = Result<number | boolean, SourceError | Error>
+
+      const source: Result<number, SourceError> = err(new ValidationError('missing-field'))
+      const result: Expectation = source.catchTags({
+        ParseError: (_error) => ok(true),
+        ValidationError: (_error) => err(new Error('validated')),
+      })
+    });
+  });
+
   (function describe(_ = 'match') {
     (function it(_ = 'the type of the arguments match the types of the result') {
       type OKExpectation = number
@@ -1693,6 +1729,41 @@ type CreateTuple<L, V = string> =
     });
   });
 
+  (function describe(_ = 'catchTags') {
+    class ParseError extends TaggedError<'ParseError'> {
+      constructor(readonly input: string) {
+        super('ParseError', input)
+      }
+    }
+
+    class ValidationError extends TaggedError<'ValidationError'> {
+      constructor(readonly reason: string) {
+        super('ValidationError', reason)
+      }
+    }
+
+    (function it(_ = 'suggests keys based on tagged errors in ResultAsync error union') {
+      type SourceError = ParseError | ValidationError | Error
+      type Expectation = ResultAsync<number | string, SourceError | Error>
+
+      const source: ResultAsync<number, SourceError> = errAsync(new ParseError('raw-input'))
+      const result: Expectation = source.catchTags({
+        ParseError: (_error) => okAsync('raw-input'),
+      })
+    });
+
+    (function it(_ = 'supports mixing Result and ResultAsync handlers') {
+      type SourceError = ParseError | ValidationError | Error
+      type Expectation = ResultAsync<number | boolean, SourceError | Error>
+
+      const source: ResultAsync<number, SourceError> = errAsync(new ValidationError('missing-field'))
+      const result: Expectation = source.catchTags({
+        ParseError: (_error) => ok(true),
+        ValidationError: (_error) => errAsync(new Error('validated')),
+      })
+    });
+  });
+
   (function describe(_ = 'combine') {
     (function it(_ = 'combines different result asyncs into one') {
       type Expectation = ResultAsync<[ number, string, boolean, boolean ], Error | string | string[]>;