simple-transactions

A simple transaction wrapper for JavaScript. Allows to register rollback functions during a transaction run. Rollback functions will be called in reverse order if the transaction throws an error.

Getting Started

bun add @m1212e/simple-transactions
npm i @m1212e/simple-transactions

Usage

    import { transaction } from '@m1212e/simple-transactions';

    try {
      // create a transaction
      const returnOfTransactionIsReturnOfFn2 = await transaction((tx) => {
        // register a call with a rollback function
        // this could be an API fetch to create an entity
        // in case of failure, the delete call will be called to rollback the creation
        tx({ fn: workingCreationCall, rollback: workingDeletionCall });
        
        // you can register multiple functions with rollback functions inside one transaction
        tx({ fn: fn1, rollback: rollback1 });
        // the return value of fn2 will be returned by the transaction call
        const retOfFn2 = tx({ fn: fn2, rollback: rollback2 });
        
        // when this error is thrown, the rollback begins and after completing, the error will be thrown again by the transaction call
        throw new Error("test"); 
        
        // if there would be not error inside the call before the return statement, the transaction will be successful and the return value of fn2 will be returned
        return retOfFn2;
      });
    } catch (error) {
      // Before throwing the error we catch here, rollback2 -> rollback1 -> workingDeletionCall are called and awaited completely
      // at this point the transaction is already rolled back

      console.error(error.message); // test
    }

Finalizers

Sometimes it might be useful to register some calls throughout the lifetime of a transaction, that are supposed to run at the end, after the transaction completed. For this, you can use finalizers. They can be registered as part of a transaction call or manually at any time on a transaction object:

transaction((tx) => {
  tx.onFinalize(finalizer);         // manually
  tx({ fn, rollback, finalizer });  // as part of a transaction call
});

Both ways of registering do not differ in functionality. The finalizers receive the success or failure state of the transaction as parameter (boolean, true for success, false for failure).

Configuration

You can configure the transaction with a few helpful options passed as the second parameter.

  const returnOfTransactionIsReturnOfFn2 = await transaction((tx) => {...}, 
    { timeout: 1000 } // error after 1 second if the transaction is not completed by then
  );