BridgingIT.DevKit.Common.Abstractions 9.0.8

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Result.cs Overview

The Result class encapsulates the outcome of an operation, promoting an expressive and error-tolerant way to handle success and failure states.

The Result class is a central component designed to encapsulate the outcome of an operation, providing a way to represent both successful and failed operations. This class promotes a more expressive and error-tolerant approach to handling operation results, encouraging the explicit declaration of success or failure states.

Returning a Result

To return a Result from a method, you typically define the method to return Result or Result<T>, where T is the type of the value returned in case of success. Here is an example method returning a Result:

public Result PerformOperation()
{
    // Your logic here
    
    if (success)
    {
        return Result.Success();
    }
    else
    {
        return Result.Failure(new Error("Operation Failed"));
    }
}

Handling a Result

When you receive a Result from a method, you can handle it by checking its success or failure state. Here's an example:

var result = PerformOperation();

if (result.IsSuccess)
{
    // Handle success
}
else
{
    // Handle failure
    var error = result.Error;
    Console.WriteLine(error.Message);
}

Using Typed Results

Sometimes, you may want to return a result with a value. This is where Result<T> comes in handy:

public Result<int> CalculateSum(int a, int b)
{
    if (a < 0 || b < 0)
    {
        return Result.Failure<int>(new Error("Inputs must be non-negative"));
    }

    return Result.Success(a + b);
}

Handling a Result<T> involves extracting the value if the operation was successful:

var result = CalculateSum(5, 10);

if (result.IsSuccess)
{
    int sum = result.Value;
    Console.WriteLine($"Sum: {sum}");
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine(result.Error.Message);
}

Typed Errors

Typed errors provide a more specific and structured way to handle different error scenarios. For example, the EntityNotFoundResultError class can be used to represent an error where an entity is not found:

EntityNotFoundResultError.cs:

public class EntityNotFoundResultError : Error
{
    public EntityNotFoundResultError(string entityName, object key)
        : base($"Entity '{entityName}' with key '{key}' was not found.")
    {
    }
}

You can return this typed error as follows:

public Result GetEntity(int id)
{
    var entity = repository.FindById(id);

    if (entity == null)
    {
        return Result.Failure(new EntityNotFoundResultError("EntityName", id));
    }

    return Result.Success(entity);
}

When handling the result, you can check if the error is of a specific type:

var result = GetEntity(1);

if (result.IsSuccess)
{
    // Handle success
}
else if (result.Error is EntityNotFoundResultError)
{
    var error = (EntityNotFoundResultError)result.Error;
    Console.WriteLine(error.Message);
}
else
{
    // Handle other errors
}

Other available typed errors are:

By using typed errors, you can create more expressive and manageable error handling in your application.