Background
I'm trying to implement a MVVM-style clean architecture pattern with repositories and usecases/interactors. I would like to use Kotlin Flows for the usecases/interactors. All of the usecases have the same setup and the result is wrapped in a sealed class.
Response wrapper:
sealed class Response<out T> {
object Loading : Response<Nothing>()
data class Success<T>(val data: T? = null) : Response<T>()
data class Error(val error: ErrorEntity? = null) : Response<Nothing>()
data class Empty(val msg: Int = R.string.empty_string) : Response<Nothing>()
}
all UseCases/Interactors implement:
interface UseCase<T, Params> {
fun execute(params: Params? = null) : Flow<Response<T>>
}
Problem
In my example I need to use the result of a class GetFbUserUseCase inside the result of GetAllUsersUseCase. Both of them emit a Loading, Error and Result state which i would like to delegate to the UI directly.
Example Code
class TaskEditViewModel(
private val getCurrentFbUserUseCase: GetFbUserUseCase,
private val getAllUsersUseCase: GetAllUsersUseCase
) : ViewModel() {
private val _pageState = MutableLiveData<Response<*>>()
val pageState: LiveData<Response<*>>
get() = _pageState
fun getUsers() {
viewModelScope.launch {
// get current user ID from GetFbUserUseCase.
val firebaseUser: Flow<Response<FirebaseUser?>> = getCurrentFbUserUseCase.execute()
// get all users from GetAllUsersUseCase.
val userList: Flow<Response<List<User>>> = getAllUsersUseCase.execute()
// somehow combine both results??
merge(firebaseUser, userList).collect { response ->
// delegate the combined Loading, Error states to the UI ?
_pageState.value = response
// only handle the Success state in the viewmodel?
when (response) {
is Response.Success<*> -> {
// get current user ID from GetFbUserUseCase
// apply filtering on the result of `GetAllUsersUseCase` with the result
// from `GetFbUserUseCase` and show different UI accordingly
if (response.data.filterNot { it.userId == currentUser.userId }.isEmpty()) {
// notify liveData to show current user
} else {
// notify liveData to show complete user list
}
}
}
}
}
}
Question:
according to: Kotlin flows, There are multiple options to compose and flatten multiple flows. Which one would best suit my Problem and how would I implement this?