Write More Organizable Actions and Reducers with Less Code

This package redux-declare allows you to create Actions and Reducers with objects like {type: function} and {type: {status: function}}.

Feature

1. Promise-like Async Actions: Dispatch Async Actions with Status Change.
2. Declarative Reducers and Actions: As easy as Redux-act/Redux-actions for Synchronic operations.
3. Neater thunk code: Do not need to rewrite type and status in thunk code.

Install

Just like other packages by npm:

npm i --save redux-declare

Document

• Motivation
• Methods
  • wrapReducers
  • wrapActions

A Sync Counter Example

Following is an redux store reprsenting a counter with sync actions (sub and add).

import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from "redux";
import { wrapReducers, wrapActions } from "redux-declare";
import assert from "assert";

let nestedReducers = {
  add: (state, action) => ({
    count: state.count + action.count
  }),
  sub: (state, action) => ({
    count: state.count - action.count
  })
};

let reducer = wrapReducers(nestedReducers);
let actionCreators = wrapActions(nestedReducers, {});

let { add, sub } = actionCreators;

store.dispatch(add({ count: 9 }));
assert(store.getState().count === 9);

store.dispatch(sub( { count: 9 }));
assert(store.getState().count === 0);

An Async Counter Example

Following we create a redux store representing a counter with async actions. In this counter, add action is always synchronic. sub action is synchronic when action.status !== success , and is asynchronous when action.status === success.

import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from "redux";
import thunk from "redux-thunk";
import { wrapReducers, wrapActions } from "redux-declare";
import assert from "assert";

let nestedReducers = {
  add: (state, action) => ({
    count: state.count + action.count
  }),
  sub: {
    // Activated when sub action is pending and state.paused is true
    success: (state, action) => ({
      count: state.count - action.count
    }),
    // Activated when sub action is pending and state.paused is true
    error: (state, action) => ({
      count: state.count + 0.01
    })
  },
  // state.paused controls whether sub async action 
  // would render a success result or an error result
  pause: (state, action) => ({
    paused: action.paused || !state.paused
  })
};

let nestedActions = {
  sub: {
    pending: payload => (dispatch, getState) => {
      setTimeout(() => {
      // If state.paused is false, async dispatch sub action with success
      // status; otherwise, async dispatch sub action with error status.
        if (!getState().paused) {
          dispatch({
            status: "success",
            count: payload.count
          });
        } else {
          dispatch({ status: "error" });
        }
      }, payload.delay);
    }
  }
};

// Options default options
let reducer = wrapReducers(nestedReducers);
let store = createStore(
  reducer,
  { count: 0, paused: false },
  applyMiddleware(thunk)
);

Then we could examine the synchronic and asynchronous actions and reducers by the code below

let actionCreators = wrapActions(nestedReducers, nestedActions);
let { add, sub, pause } = actionCreators;

// Test Sync Actions
store.dispatch(add({ count: 9 }));
assert(store.getState().count === 9);

store.dispatch(sub("success", { count: 9 }));
assert(store.getState().count === 0);

// Test Async Actions
store.dispatch(sub("pending", { count: 9, delay: 1 }));
setTimeout(() => {
  assert(store.getState().count === -9);
}, 10);

setTimeout(() => {
  store.dispatch(pause());
  assert(store.getState().paused === true);
  store.dispatch(sub("pending", { delay: 10 }));
  setTimeout(() => {
    assert(store.getState().count === -8.99);
  }, 100);
}, 100);

FAQ:

• Do I need to rewrite type or status when customizing action creators?

  No. As long as you are trying to dispatching the type and status by the node indexed by the same type and status, you need not to retype the type and status. Even you are dispatch action in thunk, it is not necessary to rewrite the type and status.
  Details could be seen in src/composeAutoFix.js.

Maybe In the Plan:

• Webpack bundle compile
• Compose Dispatch for avoid retype action.type
• Support FSA by appending rules
• BindAll like in the `redux-act`