Add Enumerable#sole

activesupport/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+*   Add `Enumerable#sole`, per `ActiveRecord::FinderMethods#sole`.  Returns the
+    sole item of the enumerable, raising if no items are found, or if more than
+    one is.
+
+    *Asherah Connor*
+
 *   Freeze `ActiveSupport::Duration#parts` and remove writer methods.
 
     Durations are meant to be value objects and should not be mutated.

activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/enumerable.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ module Enumerable
   INDEX_WITH_DEFAULT = Object.new
   private_constant :INDEX_WITH_DEFAULT
 
+  # Error generated by +sole+ when called on an enumerable that doesn't have
+  # exactly one item.
+  class SoleItemExpectedError < StandardError; end
+
   # Enumerable#sum was added in Ruby 2.4, but it only works with Numeric elements
   # when we omit an identity.
 
@@ -215,6 +219,20 @@ def compact_blank
   def in_order_of(key, series)
     index_by(&key).values_at(*series).compact
   end
+
+  # Returns the sole item in the enumerable. If there are no items, or more
+  # than one item, raises +Enumerable::SoleItemExpectedError+.
+  #
+  #    ["x"].sole          # => "x"
+  #    Set.new.sole        # => Enumerable::SoleItemExpectedError: no item found
+  #    { a: 1, b: 2 }.sole # => Enumerable::SoleItemExpectedError: multiple items found
+  def sole
+    case count
+    when 1   then return first # rubocop:disable Style/RedundantReturn
+    when 0   then raise SoleItemExpectedError, "no item found"
+    when 2.. then raise SoleItemExpectedError, "multiple items found"
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 class Hash

activesupport/test/core_ext/enumerable_test.rb

@@ -319,4 +319,13 @@ def test_in_order_of_drops_elements_not_named_in_series
     values = [ Payment.new(5), Payment.new(1), Payment.new(3) ]
     assert_equal [ Payment.new(1), Payment.new(5) ], values.in_order_of(:price, [ 1, 5 ])
   end
+
+  def test_sole
+    expected_raise = Enumerable::SoleItemExpectedError
+
+    assert_raise(expected_raise) { GenericEnumerable.new([]).sole }
+    assert_equal 1, GenericEnumerable.new([1]).sole
+    assert_raise(expected_raise) { GenericEnumerable.new([1, 2]).sole }
+    assert_raise(expected_raise) { GenericEnumerable.new([1, nil]).sole }
+  end
 end