whenOrNull<TResult extends Object?> method

  1. @optionalTypeArgs
TResult? whenOrNull<TResult extends Object?>({
  1. TResult? server(
    1. String? message
    )?,
  2. TResult? cache(
    1. String? message
    )?,
  3. TResult? unexpected(
    1. String? message
    )?,
})

A variant of when that fallback to returning null

It is equivalent to doing:

switch (sealedClass) {
  case Subclass(:final field):
    return ...;
  case _:
    return null;
}

Implementation

@optionalTypeArgs TResult? whenOrNull<TResult extends Object?>({TResult? Function( String? message)?  server,TResult? Function( String? message)?  cache,TResult? Function( String? message)?  unexpected,}) {final _that = this;
switch (_that) {
case ServerFailure() when server != null:
return server(_that.message);case CacheFailure() when cache != null:
return cache(_that.message);case UnexpectedFailure() when unexpected != null:
return unexpected(_that.message);case _:
  return null;

}
}