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Background
I have page that requests several resources from server. To keep track what is going on, I initially had model like:
type alias Model =
{ availableChassis : List Chassis
, chassisLoaded : Bool
, chassisLoading : Bool
...
}Problem with this is that I have to remember to check those boolean flags while rendering on screen. And it’s possible to have inconsistent state (both loading and loaded).
Solution
We can model state with algebraic datatypes and we don’t even have to write it by ourselves as there’s RemoteData library.
Now we can change our model to following:
import RemoteData exposing (RemoteData(..), WebData)
type alias Model =
{ availableChassis : WebData (List Chassis)
}availableChassishas four states it can be in:NotAsked, data isn’t available and it hasn’t been requested from serverLoading, data isn’t available, but it has been requested from serverSuccess (List Chassis), data has been loaded from serverFailure Http.Error, there was error while loading data
For example, while rendering the view, you could do
case model.availableChassis of
NotAsked ->
renderEmptyTable
Loading ->
renderLoadingTable
Success chassis ->
renderChassisList chassis
Failure error ->
renderErrorMessage error