Chaining nullable blocks in Objective-C and in Swift?

Question

I need to have a possibility to write:

//if someCase1
block1(block2(block3()))
//if someCase2
block1(block3())
//if someCase3
block2(block3())

where blocks are some blocks of code. I saw a lot of examples but no one describes how to declare chaining and nullable blocks simultaneously (it seems nullable is required for this case).

How to solve this issue? Both Swift and Objective-C solutions are applicable.

Do you need to implement reactive programming? You should look at [`ReactiveCocoa`](https://github.com/ReactiveCocoa) or something then. — user28434'mstep, Jun 17 '19 at 09:42

PGDev · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-17T09:17:46.697

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In Swift, you can achieve this using closures.

Create 3 variables of type (()->()) namely - block1, block2, block3

Call block2 inside block1
Call block3 inside block2

Example:

let dispatchGroup = DispatchGroup()
dispatchGroup.notify(queue: .main) {
    print("All blocks executed")
}

dispatchGroup.enter()
let block3 = {
    print("block3 called")
    dispatchGroup.leave()
}

dispatchGroup.enter()
let block2 = {
    print("block2 called")
    block3()
    dispatchGroup.leave()
}

dispatchGroup.enter()
let block1 = {
    print("block1 called")
    block2()
    dispatchGroup.leave()
}

block1()

In the above code, I've used DispatchGroup for synchronous execution of all the blocks.

edited Jun 17 '19 at 09:17

answered Jun 17 '19 at 09:10

PGDev

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not applicable because `block2` and `block3` may have asynchronous completion – Vyachaslav Gerchicov Jun 17 '19 at 09:11
So you don't want asynchronous handling for the blocks? – PGDev Jun 17 '19 at 09:12
the problem is I have 3 bool cases and I should skip some blocks according to these cases. The previous programmer duplicated code inside blocks to define all the possible cases – Vyachaslav Gerchicov Jun 17 '19 at 09:35

Chaining nullable blocks in Objective-C and in Swift?

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