tw_queue 0.0.2

Queue up futures from multiple sources and await their return anywhere in your code.

Queue

Easily queue futures and await their values.

Usage

The most simple example:

import 'package:tw_queue/tw_queue_export.dart';

main() async {
  final queue = TWQueue();

  //Queue up a future and await its result
  final result = await queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));

  //Thats it!
}

A proof of concept:

import 'package:tw_queue/tw_queue_export.dart';

main() async {
  //Create the queue container
  final queue = TWQueue(delay: Duration(milliseconds: 10));
  
  //Add items to the queue asyncroniously
  queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 100)));
  queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));
  
  //Get a result from the future in line with await
  final result = await queue.add(() async {
    await Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 1));
    return "Future Complete";
  });
  
  //100, 10, 1 will reslove in that order.
  result == "Future Complete"; //true
}

Parallel processing

This doesn't work in batches and will fire the next item as soon as as there is space in the queue Use [Queue(delayed: ...)] to specify a delay before firing the next item

import 'package:tw_queue/tw_queue_export.dart';

main() async {
  final queue = TWQueue(parallel: 2);

  //Queue up a future and await its result
  final result1 = await queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));
  final result2 = await queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));

  //Thats it!
}

On complete

import 'package:tw_queue/tw_queue_export.dart';

main() async {
  final queue = TWQueue(parallel: 2);

  //Queue up a couple of futures
  queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));
  queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));


  // Will only resolve when all the queue items have resolved.
  await queue.onComplete;
}

Rate limiting

You can specify a delay before the next item is fired as per the following example:

import 'package:tw_queue/tw_queue_export.dart';

main() async {
  final queue = TWQueue(delay: Duration(milliseconds: 500)); // Set the delay here

  //Queue up a future and await its result
  final result1 = await queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));
  final result2 = await queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));

  //Thats it!
}

Cancel

If you need to stop a queue from processing call Queue.cancel();

This will cancel the remaining items in the queue by throwing a QueueCancelledException. A cancelled queue is "dead" and should be recreated. If you try adding items to the queue after you call cancel, it will throw a QueueCancelledException.

If you have no reason to listen to the results of the items, simply call dispose.

If you want to wait until all the items which are inflight complete, call Queue.onComplete first.

Disposing

If you need to dispose of the queue object (best practice in flutter any any time the queue object will close) simply call queue.dispose();

This is necessary to close the Queue.remainingItems controller.

Reporting

If you want to query how many items are outstanding in the queue, listen to the Queue.remainingItems stream.

import 'package:tw_queue/tw_queue_export.dart';
final queue = TWQueue();

final remainingItemsStream = queue.remainingItems.listen((numberOfItems)=>print(numberOfItems));

//Queue up a couple of futures
queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));
queue.add(()=>Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 10)));

// Will only resolve when all the queue items have resolved.
await queue.onComplete;
remainingItemsStream.close();
queue.dispose(); // Will clean up any resources in the queue if you are done with it.

Set task priority

It will be set the queue task priority, if it has not yet been executed.

final queue = TWQueue();
final t1 = 'testQueue4-1';
final t2 = 'testQueue4-2';
final t3 = 'testQueue4-3';
final t4 = 'testQueue4-4';
final results = <String?>[];
//Queue up a future and await its result
queue.add(
  tag: t1,
  () async {
    await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
    results.add(t1);
    print('res1 = $t1');
  },
);
queue.add(
  tag: t2,
  () async {
    await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
    results.add(t2);
    print('res2 = $t2');
  },
);

queue.add(
  tag: t3,
  () async {
    await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
    results.add(t3);
    print('res3 = $t3');
  },
  priority: TWPriority.low,
);

queue.add(
  tag: t4,
  () async {
    await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
    results.add(t4);
    print('res4 = $t4');
  },
  priority: TWPriority.high,
);
await queue.onComplete;
print('results = $results');

Remove Task

It will be removed from the queue task, if it has not yet been executed.

import 'package:tw_queue/tw_queue_export.dart';
final queue = TWQueue();
final t1 = 'testQueue5-1';
final t2 = 'testQueue5-2';
final t3 = 'testQueue5-3';
final t4 = 'testQueue5-4';
final results = <String?>[];
unawaited(
  queue.add(
    () async {
      await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
      results.add(t1);
    },
    tag: t1,
  ),
);
unawaited(
  queue.add(
    () async {
      await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
      results.add(t2);
    },
    tag: t2,
  ),
);

unawaited(
  queue.add(
    () async {
      await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
      results.add(t3);
    },
    tag: t3,
  ),
);

unawaited(
  queue.add(
    () async {
      await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
      results.add(t4);
    },
    tag: t4,
  ),
);
// remove t2 and t4
queue.remove(t2);
queue.remove(t4);
await queue.onComplete;
// log: results [testQueue4-1, testQueue4-3]
print('results $results');

Pause and Resume

It will be pause the queue task, if it has not yet been executed.

final queue = TWQueue();
final results = <String?>[];
final t1 = 'testQueue6-1';
final t2 = 'testQueue6-2';
final t3 = 'testQueue6-3';
final t4 = 'testQueue6-4';

await queue.add(
  () async {
    await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
    results.add(t1);
  },
);
await queue.add(
  () async {
    await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
    results.add(t2);
  },
);
queue.pause();
unawaited(queue.add(
  () async {
    await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
    results.add(t3);
  },
));
unawaited(queue.add(
  () async {
    await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
    results.add(t4);
  },
));
Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1), () {
  // delayed results [testQueue4-1, testQueue4-2]
  print('delayed results $results');
  queue.resume();
});
await queue.onComplete;
// onComplete results [testQueue4-1, testQueue4-2, testQueue4-3, testQueue4-4]
print('onComplete results $results');

Change

• fix: the problem of exceeding the specified number of concurrent tasks pull16
• fix: after cancel,can add to queue pull17
• feat: support lifo from pull18
• feat: support set task priority
• feat: support remove task
• feat: support pause and resume task

Thx

fork form dart_queue