v2

[michaelbull]

• The Result type is now an inline value class for reduced runtime overhead
• Deprecated behaviours have been removed

Migration Guide

Ok/Err as Types

The migration to an inline value class means that using Ok/Err as types is no longer valid.

Consumers that need to introspect the type of Result should instead use Result.isOk/Result.isErr booleans. This naming scheme matches Rust's is_ok & is_err functions.

Before:

public inline fun <V, E, U> Result<V, E>.mapOrElse(default: (E) -> U, transform: (V) -> U): U {
    return when (this) {
        is Ok -> transform(value)
        is Err -> default(error)
    }
}

After:

public inline fun <V, E, U> Result<V, E>.mapOrElse(default: (E) -> U, transform: (V) -> U): U {
    return when {
        isOk -> transform(value)
        else -> default(error)
    }
}

Type Casting

When changing the return type to another result, e.g. the map function which goes from Result<V, E> to Result<U, E>, consumers are encouraged to use the asOk/asErr extension functions in conjunction with the isOk/isErr guard.

The example below calls asErr which unsafely casts the Result<V, E to Result<Nothing, E>, which is acceptable given the isOk check, which satisfies the Result<U, E> return type.

The asOk/asOk functions should not be used outside of a manual type guard via isOk/isErr - the cast is unsafe.

public inline infix fun <V, E, U> Result<V, E>.map(transform: (V) -> U): Result<U, E> {
    return when {
        isOk -> Ok(transform(value))
        else -> this.asErr() // unsafely typecasts Result<V, E> to Result<Nothing, E>
    }
}

Removal of Deprecations

The following previously deprecated behaviours have been removed in v2.

• binding & SuspendableResultBinding, use coroutineBinding instead
• and without lambda argument, use andThen instead
• ResultBinding, use BindingScope instead
• getOr without lambda argument, use getOrElse instead
• getErrorOr without lambda argument, use getErrorOrElse instead
• getAll, use filterValues instead
• getAllErrors, use filterErrors instead
• or without lambda argument, use orElse instead
• Result.of, use runCatching instead
• expect with non-lazy evaluation of message
• expectError with non-lazy evaluation of message

Inline Value Class - Before & After

The base Result class is now modelled as an inline value class. References to Ok<V>/Err<E> as types should be replaced with Result<V, Nothing> and Result<Nothing, E> respectively.

Calls to Ok and Err still function, but they no longer create a new instance of the Ok/Err objects - instead these are top-level functions that return a type of Result. This change achieves code that produces zero object allocations when on the "happy path", i.e. anything that returns an Ok(value). Previously, every successful operation wrapped its returned value in a new Ok(value) object.

The Err(error) function still allocates a new object each call by internally wrapping the provided error with a new instance of a Failure object. This Failure class is an internal implementation detail and not exposed to consumers. As a call to Err is usually a terminal state, occurring at the end of a chain, the allocation of a new object is unlikely to cause a lot of GC pressure unless a function that produces an Err is called in a tight loop.

Below is a comparison of the bytecode decompiled to Java produced before and after this change. The total number of possible object allocations is reduced from 4 to 1, with 0 occurring on the happy path and 1 occurring on the unhappy path.

Before: 4 object allocations, 3 on happy path & 1 on unhappy path

public final class Before {
    @NotNull
    public static final Before INSTANCE = new Before();

    private Before() {
    }

    @NotNull
    public final Result<Integer, ErrorOne> one() {
        return (Result)(new Ok(50));
    }

    public final int two() {
        return 100;
    }

    @NotNull
    public final Result<Integer, ErrorThree> three(int var1) {
        return (Result)(new Ok(var1 + 25));
    }

    public final void example() {
        Result $this$map$iv = this.one(); // object allocation (1)
        Result var10000;
        if ($this$map$iv instanceof Ok) {
            Integer var10 = INSTANCE.two();
            var10000 = (Result)(new Ok(var10)); // object allocation (2)
        } else {
            if (!($this$map$iv instanceof Err)) {
                throw new NoWhenBranchMatchedException();
            }

            var10000 = $this$map$iv;
        }

        Result $this$mapError$iv = var10000;
        if ($this$mapError$iv instanceof Ok) {
            var10000 = $this$mapError$iv;
        } else {
            if (!($this$mapError$iv instanceof Err)) {
                throw new NoWhenBranchMatchedException();
            }

            ErrorTwo var11 = ErrorTwo.INSTANCE;
            var10000 = (Result)(new Err(var11)); // object allocation (3)
        }

        Result $this$andThen$iv = var10000;
        if ($this$andThen$iv instanceof Ok) {
            int p0 = ((Number)((Ok)$this$andThen$iv).getValue()).intValue();
            var10000 = this.three(p0); // object allocation (4)
        } else {
            if (!($this$andThen$iv instanceof Err)) {
                throw new NoWhenBranchMatchedException();
            }

            var10000 = $this$andThen$iv;
        }

        String result = var10000.toString();
        System.out.println(result);
    }

    public static abstract class Result<V, E> {
        private Result() {
        }
    }

    public static final class Ok<V> extends Result {
        private final V value;

        public Ok(V value) {
            this.value = value;
        }

        public final V getValue() {
            return this.value;
        }

        public boolean equals(@Nullable Object other) {
            if (this == other) {
                return true;
            } else if (other != null && this.getClass() == other.getClass()) {
                Ok var10000 = (Ok)other;
                return Intrinsics.areEqual(this.value, ((Ok)other).value);
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        }

        public int hashCode() {
            Object var10000 = this.value;
            return var10000 != null ? var10000.hashCode() : 0;
        }

        @NotNull
        public String toString() {
            return "Ok(" + this.value + ')';
        }
    }
    
    public static final class Err<E> extends Result {
        private final E error;

        public Err(E error) {
            this.error = error;
        }

        public final E getError() {
            return this.error;
        }

        public boolean equals(@Nullable Object other) {
            if (this == other) {
                return true;
            } else if (other != null && this.getClass() == other.getClass()) {
                Before$Err var10000 = (Err)other;
                return Intrinsics.areEqual(this.error, ((Err)other).error);
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        }

        public int hashCode() {
            Object var10000 = this.error;
            return var10000 != null ? var10000.hashCode() : 0;
        }

        @NotNull
        public String toString() {
            return "Err(" + this.error + ')';
        }
    }
}

After: 1 object allocation, 0 on happy path & 1 on unhappy path

public final class After {
    @NotNull
    public static final After INSTANCE = new After();

    private After() {
    }

    @NotNull
    public final Object one() {
        return this.Ok(50);
    }

    public final int two() {
        return 100;
    }

    @NotNull
    public final Object three(int var1) {
        return this.Ok(var1 + 25);
    }

    public final void example() {
        Object $this$map_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv = this.one();
        Object var10000;
        if (Result.isOk_impl($this$map_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv)) {
            var10000 = this.Ok(INSTANCE.two());
        } else {
            var10000 = $this$map_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv;
        }

        Object $this$mapError_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv = var10000;
        if (Result.isErr_impl($this$mapError_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv)) {
            var10000 = this.Err(ErrorTwo.INSTANCE); // object allocation (1)
        } else {
            var10000 = $this$mapError_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv;
        }

        Object $this$andThen_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv = var10000;
        if (Result.isOk_impl($this$andThen_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv)) {
            int p0 = ((Number) Result.getValue_impl($this$andThen_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv)).intValue();
            var10000 = this.three(p0);
        } else {
            var10000 = $this$andThen_u2dj2AeeQ8$iv;
        }

        String result = Result.toString_impl(var10000);
        System.out.println(result);
    }

    @NotNull
    public final <V> Object Ok(V value) {
        return Result.constructor_impl(value);
    }

    @NotNull
    public final <E> Object Err(E error) {
        return Result.constructor_impl(new Failure(error));
    }

    public static final class Result<V, E> {
        @Nullable
        private final Object inlineValue;

        public static final V getValue_impl(Object arg0) {
            return arg0;
        }

        public static final E getError_impl(Object arg0) {
            Intrinsics.checkNotNull(arg0, "null cannot be cast to non-null type Failure<E of Result>");
            return ((Failure) arg0).getError();
        }

        public static final boolean isOk_impl(Object arg0) {
            return !(arg0 instanceof Failure);
        }

        public static final boolean isErr_impl(Object arg0) {
            return arg0 instanceof Failure;
        }

        @NotNull
        public static String toString_impl(Object arg0) {
            return isOk_impl(arg0) ? "Ok(" + getValue_impl(arg0) + ')' : "Err(" + getError_impl(arg0) + ')';
        }

        @NotNull
        public String toString() {
            return toString_impl(this.inlineValue);
        }

        public static int hashCode_impl(Object arg0) {
            return arg0 == null ? 0 : arg0.hashCode();
        }

        public int hashCode() {
            return hashCode_impl(this.inlineValue);
        }

        public static boolean equals_impl(Object arg0, Object other) {
            if (!(other instanceof Result)) {
                return false;
            } else {
                return Intrinsics.areEqual(arg0, ((Result) other).unbox_impl());
            }
        }

        public boolean equals(Object other) {
            return equals_impl(this.inlineValue, other);
        }

        private Result(Object inlineValue) {
            this.inlineValue = inlineValue;
        }

        @NotNull
        public static <V, E> Object constructor_impl(@Nullable Object inlineValue) {
            return inlineValue;
        }

        public static final Result box_impl(Object v) {
            return new Result(v);
        }

        public final Object unbox_impl() {
            return this.inlineValue;
        }

        public static final boolean equals_impl0(Object p1, Object p2) {
            return Intrinsics.areEqual(p1, p2);
        }
    }

    static final class Failure<E> {
        private final E error;

        public Failure(E error) {
            this.error = error;
        }

        public final E getError() {
            return this.error;
        }

        public boolean equals(@Nullable Object other) {
            return other instanceof Failure && Intrinsics.areEqual(this.error, ((Failure)other).error);
        }

        public int hashCode() {
            Object var10000 = this.error;
            return var10000 != null ? var10000.hashCode() : 0;
        }

        @NotNull
        public String toString() {
            return "Failure(" + this.error + ')';
        }
    }
}