FailableResult

Simple monad for handling failures as an alternative to the exception driven code

Description

This monad can be used as an alternative to the exception driven code which is hard to navigate and maintain. With this package you get

• Visibility over all possible failures
• Fluid handling with extension methods

Instalation

Install with NuGet package manager Install-Package FailableResult.NetCore

Usage

Following code demonstrates usages of the package

void Main()
{
    var data = ...;

    SaveData(data)
        .OnSuccess(success => ...)
        .OnFailure(failure => switch(failure)
        {
            case FailureType.Timeout: ...
            default: ...
        });
}

IFailableResult<object, FailureType> SaveData(object data)
{
    if (IsDataInvalid(data))
        return FailureResult<object, FailureType>.Create(FailureType.InvalidData);
    
    ...

    return SuccessResult<object, FailureType>.Create(data);
}

enum FailureType
{
    InvalidData,
    Timeout,
    ServiceUnavailable,
    Other
}

For other use cases see unit tests