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First-Class Commands: an unexpectedly fertile design pattern
https://github.com/raganwald/presentations/blob/master/command-pattern.md
Reg Braithwaite
January 14, 2016
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© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 1
First-Class Commands an unexpectedly fer/le design pa3ern © 2016 Reginald
Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 2
why do we care about commands? © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite.
Some rights reserved. 3
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 4
the canonical example: mutable data © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some
rights reserved. 5
class Buffer { constructor (text = '') { this.text =
text; } replaceWith (replacement, from = 0, to = this.text.length) { this.text = this.text.slice(0, from) + replacement + this.text.slice(to); return this; } toString () { return this.text; } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 6
let buffer = new Buffer(); buffer.replaceWith( "The quick brown fox
jumped over the lazy dog" ); buffer.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9); buffer.replaceWith("canine", 40, 43); //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy canine © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 7
buffer is an object © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights
reserved. 8
we treat objects as first-class en00es © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite.
Some rights reserved. 9
replaceWith is a method © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights
reserved. 10
we can treat methods as first-class en11es © 2016 Reginald
Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 11
buffer.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9) is an invoca)on © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite.
Some rights reserved. 12
what does it mean to treat an invoca0on as a
first-class en0ty? © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 13
store it © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 14
class Edit { constructor (buffer, {replacement, from, to}) { this.buffer
= buffer; Object.assign(this, {replacement, from, to}); } doIt () { this.buffer.text = this.buffer.text.slice(0, this.from) + this.replacement + this.buffer.text.slice(this.to); return this.buffer; } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 15
class Buffer { constructor (text = '') { this.text =
text; } replaceWith (replacement, from = 0, to = this.text.length) { return new Edit(this, {replacement, from, to}); } toString () { return this.text; } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 16
let buffer = new Buffer(), jobQueue = []; jobQueue.push( buffer.replaceWith(
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" ) ); jobQueue.push( buffer.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9) ); jobQueue.push( buffer.replaceWith("canine", 40, 43) ); while (jobQueue.length > 0) { jobQueue.shift().doIt(); } //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy canine © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 17
query it © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 18
class Edit { netChange () { return this.from - this.to
+ this.replacement.length; } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 19
let buffer = new Buffer(); buffer.replaceWith( "The quick brown fox
jumped over the lazy dog" ).netChange(); //=> 44 buffer.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9).netChange(); //=> -1 © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 20
transform it © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 21
class Edit { reversed () { let replacement = this.buffer.text.slice(this.from,
this.to), from = this.from, to = from + this.replacement.length; return new Edit(buffer, {replacement, from, to}); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 22
let buffer = new Buffer( "The quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog" ); let doer = buffer.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9), undoer = doer.reversed(); doer.doIt(); //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy dog undoer.doIt(); //=> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 23
all together now © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved.
24
class Buffer { constructor (text = '') { this.text =
text; this.history = []; this.future = []; } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 25
class Buffer { replaceWith (replacement, from = 0, to =
this.length()) { let doer = new Edit(this, {replacement, from, to}), undoer = doer.reversed(); this.history.push(undoer); this.future = []; return doer.doIt(); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 26
undo © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 27
class Buffer { undo () { let undoer = this.history.pop(),
redoer = undoer.reversed(); this.future.unshift(redoer); return undoer.doIt(); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 28
let buffer = new Buffer( "The quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog" ); buffer.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9) //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy dog buffer.replaceWith("canine", 40, 43) //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy canine © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 29
buffer.undo() //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy
dog buffer.undo() //=> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 30
redo © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 31
class Buffer { redo () { let redoer = this.future.shift(),
undoer = redoer.reversed(); this.history.push(undoer); return redoer.doIt(); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 32
buffer.redo() //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy
dog buffer.redo() //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy canine © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 33
that's the basic command pa0ern © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some
rights reserved. 34
invoca'ons as first-class en''es: we stored them; we queried them;
we transformed them. © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 35
ques%on! © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 36
class Buffer { replaceWith (replacement, from = 0, to =
this.length()) { let doer = new Edit(this, {replacement, from, to}), undoer = doer.reversed(); this.history.push(undoer); this.future = []; return doer.doIt(); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 37
why do we have to throw the future away? ©
2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 38
class Buffer { replaceWith (replacement, from = 0, to =
this.length()) { let doer = new Edit(this, {replacement, from, to}), undoer = doer.reversed(); this.history.push(undoer); // this.future = []; return doer.doIt(); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 39
let buffer = new Buffer( "The quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog" ); buffer.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9); //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy dog buffer.undo(); //=> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog buffer.replaceWith("My", 0, 3); //=> My quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 40
what happens when we evaluate buffer.redo()? © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite.
Some rights reserved. 41
"My qfastbrown fox jumped over the lazy dog" © 2016
Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 42
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 43
let's consider commands as a history © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite.
Some rights reserved. 44
let buffer = new Buffer("The quick brown fox jumped over
the lazy dog"); "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" // PAST // FUTURE © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 45
buffer.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9) "The fast brown fox jumped over the
lazy dog" // PAST replaceWith("fast", 4, 9) // FUTURE © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 46
buffer.undo() "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"
// PAST // FUTURE replaceWith("fast", 4, 9) © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 47
buffer.replaceWith("My", 0, 3) "My quick brown fox jumped over the
lazy dog" // PAST replaceWith("My", 0, 3) // FUTURE replaceWith("fast", 4, 9) © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 48
buffer.redo() "My qfastbrown fox jumped over the lazy dog" //
PAST replaceWith("My", 0, 3) replaceWith("fast", 4, 9) // FUTURE © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 49
every command depends on the history of commands preceding it
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 50
prepending a command into its history alters the command ©
2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 51
let buffer = new Buffer( "The quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog" ); let fast = new Edit( buffer, { replacement: "fast", from: 4, to: 9 } ); let my = new Edit( buffer, { replacement: "My", from: 0, to: 3 } ); © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 52
let buffer = new Buffer( "The quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog" ); let fast = new Edit( buffer, { replacement: "fast", from: 4, to: 9 } ); let my = new Edit( buffer, { replacement: "My", from: 0, to: 3 } ); © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 53
class Edit { isBefore (other) { return other.from >= this.to;
} } fast.isBefore(my); //=> false my.isBefore(fast); //=> true © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 54
class Edit { prependedWith (other) { if (this.isBefore(other)) { return
this; } else if (other.isBefore(this)) { let change = other.netChange(), {replacement, from, to} = this; from = from + change; to = to + change; return new Edit(this.buffer, {replacement, from, to}) } } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 55
my.prependedWith(fast) //=> buffer.replaceWith("My", 0, 3) fast.prependedWith(my) //=> buffer.replaceWith("fast", 3, 8)
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 56
my.prependedWith(fast) //=> buffer.replaceWith("My", 0, 3) fast.prependedWith(my) //=> buffer.replaceWith("fast", 3, 8)
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 57
class Buffer { replaceWith (replacement, from = 0, to =
this.length()) { let doer = new Edit(this, {replacement, from, to}), undoer = doer.reversed(); this.history.push(undoer); this.future = this.future.map( (edit) => edit.prependedWith(doer) ); return doer.doIt(); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 58
let's start over © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved.
59
let buffer = new Buffer( "The quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog" ); buffer.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9); //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy dog buffer.undo(); //=> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog buffer.replaceWith("My", 0, 3); //=> My quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog buffer.redo(); © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 60
"My fast brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" ©
2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 61
what did fixing redo teach us about invoca3ons as first-class
en33es? © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 62
"People assume that .me is a strict progression of cause
to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non- subjec.ve viewpoint—it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly… .me-y wimey… stuff." © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 63
reversed() and prependedWith() show us we can change both the
direc1on and order of 1me. © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 64
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 65
let alice = new Buffer( "The quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog" ); let bob = new Buffer( "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" ); © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 66
for simplicity, we'll omit undo , redo and reversed class
Buffer { constructor (text = '') { this.text = text; this.history = []; } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 67
class Buffer { replaceWith (replacement, from = 0, to =
this.length()) { let edit = new Edit(this, {replacement, from, to} ); this.history.push(edit); return edit.doIt(); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 68
alice.replaceWith("My", 0, 3); //=> My quick brown fox jumped over
the lazy dog bob.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9); //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy dog © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 69
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 70
class Buffer { append (theirEdit) { this.history.forEach( (myEdit) => {
theirEdit = theirEdit.prependedWith(myEdit); }); return new Edit(this, theirEdit).doIt(); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 71
class Buffer { appendAll(otherBuffer) { otherBuffer.history.forEach( (theirEdit) => this.append(theirEdit) );
return this; } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 72
alice.appendAll(bob); //=> My fast brown fox jumped over the lazy
dog bob.appendAll(alice); //=> My fast brown fox jumped over the lazy dog © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 73
! © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 74
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 75
let GUID = () => ??? class Buffer { constructor
(text = '', history = []) { let befores = new Set(history.map(e => e.guid)); history = history.slice(0); Object.assign(this, {text, history, befores}); } share () { return new Buffer(this.text, this.history); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 76
class Edit { constructor (buffer, { guid = GUID(), befores
= new Set(), replacement, from, to }) { this.buffer = buffer; befores = new Set(befores); Object.assign(this, {guid, replacement, from, to, befores}); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 77
class Buffer { has (edit) { return this.befores.has(edit.guid); } perform
(edit) { if (!this.has(edit)) { this.history.push(edit); this.befores.add(edit.guid); return edit.doIt(); } } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 78
class Buffer { replaceWith (replacement, from = 0, to =
this.length()) { let edit = new Edit(this, {replacement, from, to, befores: this.befores} ); return this.perform(edit); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 79
class Buffer { append (theirEdit) { this.history.forEach( (myEdit) => {
theirEdit = theirEdit.prependedWith(myEdit); }); return this.perform(new Edit(this, theirEdit)); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 80
class Buffer { appendAll(otherBuffer) { otherBuffer.history.forEach( (theirEdit) => this.has(theirEdit) ||
this.append(theirEdit) ); return this; } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 81
class Edit { prependedWith (other) { if (this.isBefore(other) || this.befores.has(other.guid)
|| this.guid === other.guid) return this; let change = other.netChange(), {guid, replacement, from, to, befores} = this; from = from + change; to = to + change; befores = new Set(befores); befores.add(other.guid); return new Edit(this.buffer, {guid, replacement, from, to, befores}); } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 82
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 83
let alice = new Buffer( "The quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog" ); let bob = alice.share(); //=> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog alice.replaceWith("My", 0, 3); //=> My quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 84
let carol = alice.share(); //=> My quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog bob.replaceWith("fast", 4, 9); //=> The fast brown fox jumped over the lazy dog alice.appendAll(bob); //=> My fast brown fox jumped over the lazy dog © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 85
bob.appendAll(alice); //=> My fast brown fox jumped over the lazy
dog alice.replaceWith("spotted", 8, 13); //=> My fast spotted fox jumped over the lazy dog bob.appendAll(alice); //=> My fast spotted fox jumped over the lazy dog carol.appendAll(bob); //=> My fast spotted fox jumped over the lazy dog © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 86
"Unfortunately, implemen2ng OT sucks. There's a million algorithms with different
tradeoffs, mostly trapped in academic papers. The algorithms are really hard and 2me consuming to implement correctly." © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 87
perhaps we should borrow a trick from react, and periodically
scan a "shadow buffer" for diffs that we exchange with collaborators… © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 88
differen'al synchroniza'on © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 89
this is a very big problem space © 2016 Reginald
Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 90
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 91
class Buffer { replaceWith () { ... } share ()
{ ... } append () { ... } appendAll () { ... } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 92
class Branch { commit () { ... } fork ()
{ ... } cherryPick () { ... } merge () { ... } } © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 93
distributed version control © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved.
94
with invoca+ons as first-class en++es, we can build algorithms and
protocols mastering +me and change, from single apps to distributed systems © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 95
© 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 96
"Never confuse the example given of a pa6ern, with the
underlying idea the pa6ern represents." © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite. Some rights reserved. 97
Reg Braithwaite PagerDuty, Inc. raganwald.com @raganwald © 2016 Reginald Braithwaite.
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