From e474edc9f671419e433a0c52161149b89bee08c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cedric BAIL <cedric@osg.samsung.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:52:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] eina: add helper to return already known to fail future.

---
 src/lib/eina/eina_promise.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib/eina/eina_promise.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_promise.c b/src/lib/eina/eina_promise.c
index 1fbac60..649b6e9 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_promise.c
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_promise.c
@@ -815,6 +815,27 @@ eina_future_resolved(Eina_Future_Scheduler *scheduler, Eina_Value value)
 }
 
 EAPI Eina_Future *
+eina_future_rejected(Eina_Future_Scheduler *scheduler, Eina_Error err)
+{
+   Eina_Promise *p;
+   Eina_Future *f;
+
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_GOTO(scheduler, error);
+
+   p = eina_promise_new(scheduler, _dummy_cancel, NULL);
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_GOTO(p, error);
+
+   f = eina_future_new(p);
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_GOTO(f, error);
+
+   eina_promise_reject(p, err);
+   return f;
+
+ error:
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+EAPI Eina_Future *
 eina_future_then_from_desc(Eina_Future *prev, const Eina_Future_Desc desc)
 {
    EINA_FUTURE_CHECK_GOTO(prev, err_future);
diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_promise.h b/src/lib/eina/eina_promise.h
index 323dee3..0ffd487 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_promise.h
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_promise.h
@@ -786,6 +786,33 @@ EAPI Eina_Future *eina_future_new(Eina_Promise *p) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1) EINA_WARN
 EAPI Eina_Future *eina_future_resolved(Eina_Future_Scheduler *scheduler, Eina_Value value) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1);
 
 /**
+ * Creates a new future that is already rejected to a specified error.
+ *
+ * This function creates a new future with an already known error,
+ * that will be resolved and dispatched by the given @a scheduler as
+ * usual.
+ *
+ * This is a helper that behaves the same as eina_promise_new()
+ * followed by eina_future_new() and then eina_promise_rejected().
+ *
+ * Futures can also be canceled using eina_future_cancel(), which will
+ * cause the whole chain to be cancelled alongside with any pending
+ * promise.
+ *
+ * @param scheduler The scheduler to use.
+ * @param err An Eina_Error value
+ *
+ * @return The future or @c NULL on error.
+ *
+ * @see eina_promise_new()
+ * @see eina_future_new()
+ * @see eina_promise_reject()
+ * @see eina_promise_resolve()
+ * @see eina_future_cancel()
+ */
+EAPI Eina_Future *eina_future_rejected(Eina_Future_Scheduler *scheduler, Eina_Error err);
+
+/**
  * Register an Eina_Future_Desc to be used when the future is resolve/rejected.
  *
  * With this function a callback and data is attached to the future and then
-- 
2.7.4