From c4b94d8d2dc00c0742cf7af1c0fd2c1256f75078 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 23:18:26 +0200
Subject: feat(door): Use failure::Error as associated error type

Implements the associated error type for the FSM trait as
failure::Error. This makes it possible to fail gracefully in all
actions, for example in the updated definition of the `NotifyIRC`
action which now appends to a file.
---
 finito-door/src/lib.rs | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'finito-door/src/lib.rs')

diff --git a/finito-door/src/lib.rs b/finito-door/src/lib.rs
index 074556c76148..e6a3099e9efa 100644
--- a/finito-door/src/lib.rs
+++ b/finito-door/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 //! Alright, enough foreplay, lets dive in!
 
 #[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
+
+extern crate failure;
 extern crate finito;
 
 use finito::FSM;
@@ -170,6 +172,11 @@ impl FSM for DoorState {
     type Event = DoorEvent;
     type Action = DoorAction;
 
+    // For error handling, the door simply uses `failure` which provides a
+    // generic, chainable error type. In real-world implementations you may want
+    // to use a custom error type or similar.
+    type Error = failure::Error;
+
     // The implementation of `handle` provides us with the actual transition
     // logic of the door.
     //
@@ -254,18 +261,25 @@ impl FSM for DoorState {
     // Additionally the `act` function can return new events. This is useful for
     // a sort of "callback-like" pattern (cause an action to fetch some data,
     // receive it as an event) but is not used in this example.
-    fn act(action: DoorAction) -> Vec<DoorEvent> {
+    fn act(action: DoorAction) -> Result<Vec<DoorEvent>, failure::Error> {
         match action {
             DoorAction::NotifyIRC(msg) => {
-                // TODO: write to file in example
-                println!("IRC: {}", msg);
-                vec![]
+                use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+                use std::io::Write;
+
+                let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
+                    .append(true)
+                    .create(true)
+                    .open("/tmp/door-irc.log")?;
+
+                write!(file, "<doorbot> {}\n", msg)?;
+                Ok(vec![])
             }
 
             DoorAction::CallThePolice => {
                 // TODO: call the police
                 println!("The police was called! For real!");
-                vec![]
+                Ok(vec![])
             }
         }
     }
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