How to extract Left or Right easily from Either type in Dart (Dartz)
Another way to extract the value is simply to convert to Option
, then to a dart
nullable:
final Either<Exception, String> myEither = Right("value");
final String? myValue = myEither.toOption().toNullable();
If you like you can define a simple extension to shortcut this:
extension EitherHelpers<L, R> on Either<L, R> {
R? unwrapRight() {
return toOption().toNullable();
}
}
Ok here the solutions of my problems:
To extract/retrieve the data
final Either<ServerException, TokenModel> result = await repository.getToken(...);
result.fold(
(exception) => DoWhatYouWantWithException,
(tokenModel) => DoWhatYouWantWithModel
);
//Other way to 'extract' the data
if (result.isRight()) {
final TokenModel tokenModel = result.getOrElse(null);
}
To test the exception
//You can extract it from below, or test it directly with the type
expect(() => result, throwsA(isInstanceOf<ServerException>()));
I can't post a comment... But maybe you could look at this post. It's not the same language, but looks like it's the same behaviour.
Good luck.