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Leveraging Promises for Flutter Application Development
In Dart, the concept of promises is implemented through a class called `Future`. A `Future` represents a computation that may not have completed yet. It can be used to handle asynchronous operations and obtain the result of the computation when it becomes available.
To create a promise in Dart, you typically use a function that returns a `Future`. For example, let’s say you have a function `fetchData()` that fetches some data asynchronously from a remote server. You can define it like this:
Future<String> fetchData() {
// Simulating an asynchronous operation
return Future.delayed(Duration(seconds: 2), () => 'Data fetched successfully');
}
In this example, `fetchData()` returns a `Future<String>`, indicating that it will eventually provide a `String` result.
You can then use this promise to handle the asynchronous computation. Here’s an example:
void main() {
print('Fetching data…');
fetchData().then((data) {
print('Received data: $data');
}).catchError((error) {
print('Error occurred: $error');
}).whenComplete(() {
print('Data fetching completed.');
});
}
In this example, the `then()` method is used to register a callback function that will be executed when the `fetchData()` operation completes successfully. The…