Wednesday, 12 April 2017

javascript await keyword, not returning expected value

I am trying to mock up a but of an http2 request object in order to test my usage of it. I am now on node version 7.8.0, so thought I would try and make use of async and await to do things.

I have created a mocking class for http2 (although its called HTTP) as follows:-

class HTTP {
    constructor() {
      this.version = HTTP.version + 1;
      HTTP.version = this.version;
    }
    request(options, callback) {
      let self = this;
      this.callback = callback;
      this.options = options;
      this.endPromise = new Promise(resolve => {
        self.endResolver = resolve;
      });
      return {end: this.requestEnd.bind(this)};
    }
    requestEnd(stringParams) {
      let params = JSON.parse(stringParams);
      if (this.endResolver) {
console.log('About to resolve params ', params);
        this.endResolver(params);
      }
    }
    async requestEndDone(params,status) {
      let p2 = await this.endPromise;
console.log('End Promise with ', p2);
      this.responseObject = new EventEmitter();
      if (status) {
        this.responseObject.statusCode = status;
      } else {
        this.responseObject.statusCode = 200;
      }
      this.callback(this.responseObject);
      if (params) {
        let body = JSON.stringify(params);
        while (body.length > 0) {
          let chunkSize = Math.floor(Math.random() * 20) + 10;
          let chunk = body.substring(0,chunkSize);
          body = body.substring(chunkSize);
          this.responseObject.emit('data', chunk);
        }
      }
      this.responseObject.emit('end');
    }
  }
  HTTP.version = 0;

The important part is the this.endPromise; When the code I am testing calls request.end I resolve it, and then with the async function requestEndDone my test script can await its completion knowing then a request callback has happened and can check the results of that.

The problem I have is slightly away from the main test thrust. The two console.log lines give inconsistent results.

About to resolve params  { pid: 1234 }
End Promise with  undefined

Is what is presented on the console. I thought await returned the value the promise is resolved with, but in this case it doesn't.. Why?



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