feat(Task): Tasks can now be blocked by other tasks.

test/test.1.task.ts

@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@ tap.test('new Task() should return a new task', async () => {
   expect(testTask).toBeInstanceOf(taskbuffer.Task);
 });
 
-tap.test('should be able to get the task state', async () => {
-  const testTask = new taskbuffer.Task({
-    taskFunction: async () => {},
-  });
-  expect(testTask.state).toEqual('ready');
-});
-
 tap.test('should have bufferMax set to the provided value', async () => {
   const task2 = new taskbuffer.Task({
     taskFunction: async () => {},

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/taskbuffer',
-  version: '3.0.15',
+  version: '3.1.0',
   description: 'flexible task management. TypeScript ready!'
 }

ts/taskbuffer.classes.task.ts

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ export interface ITaskSetupFunction<T = undefined> {
 export type TPreOrAfterTaskFunction = () => Task<any>;
 
 export class Task<T = undefined> {
-  // STATIC
+  public static extractTask<T = undefined>(
-  public static extractTask<T = undefined>(preOrAfterTaskArg: Task<T> | TPreOrAfterTaskFunction): Task<T> {
+    preOrAfterTaskArg: Task<T> | TPreOrAfterTaskFunction
+  ): Task<T> {
     switch (true) {
       case !preOrAfterTaskArg:
         return null;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ export class Task<T = undefined> {
       }
     }
     return result;
-  };
+  }
 
   public static runTask = async <T>(
     taskArg: Task<T> | TPreOrAfterTaskFunction,
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ export class Task<T = undefined> {
     const taskToRun = Task.extractTask(taskArg);
     const done = plugins.smartpromise.defer();
 
+    // Wait for all blocking tasks to finish
+    for (const task of taskToRun.blockingTasks) {
+      await task.finished;
+    }
+
     if (!taskToRun.setupValue && taskToRun.taskSetup) {
       taskToRun.setupValue = await taskToRun.taskSetup();
     }
@@ -77,6 +83,14 @@ export class Task<T = undefined> {
 
     done.promise.then(async () => {
       taskToRun.running = false;
+
+      // When the task has finished running, resolve the finished promise
+      taskToRun.resolveFinished();
+
+      // Create a new finished promise for the next run
+      taskToRun.finished = new Promise((resolve) => {
+        taskToRun.resolveFinished = resolve;
+      });
     });
 
     const options = {
@@ -125,7 +139,6 @@ export class Task<T = undefined> {
     return await done.promise;
   };
 
-  // INSTANCE
   public name: string;
   public version: string;
   public taskFunction: ITaskFunction<T>;
@@ -139,12 +152,20 @@ export class Task<T = undefined> {
   public preTask: Task<T> | TPreOrAfterTaskFunction;
   public afterTask: Task<T> | TPreOrAfterTaskFunction;
 
+  // Add a list to store the blocking tasks
+  public blockingTasks: Task[] = [];
+
+  // Add a promise that will resolve when the task has finished
+  private finished: Promise<void>;
+  private resolveFinished: () => void;
+
   public running: boolean = false;
   public bufferRunner = new BufferRunner(this);
   public cycleCounter = new CycleCounter(this);
 
-  public idle: boolean = true;
+  public get idle() {
-  private _state: string = 'ready';
+    return !this.running;
+  }
 
   public taskSetup: ITaskSetupFunction<T>;
   public setupValue: T;
@@ -162,12 +183,16 @@ export class Task<T = undefined> {
     this.taskFunction = optionsArg.taskFunction;
     this.preTask = optionsArg.preTask;
     this.afterTask = optionsArg.afterTask;
-    this.idle = !this.running;
     this.buffered = optionsArg.buffered;
     this.bufferMax = optionsArg.bufferMax;
     this.execDelay = optionsArg.execDelay;
     this.name = optionsArg.name;
     this.taskSetup = optionsArg.taskSetup;
+
+    // Create the finished promise
+    this.finished = new Promise((resolve) => {
+      this.resolveFinished = resolve;
+    });
   }
 
   public trigger(x?: any): Promise<any> {
@@ -185,16 +210,4 @@ export class Task<T = undefined> {
   public triggerBuffered(x?: any): Promise<any> {
     return this.bufferRunner.trigger(x);
   }
-
-  get state(): string {
-    return this._state;
-  }
-
-  set state(stateArg: string) {
-    if (stateArg === 'locked') {
-      this._state = 'locked';
-    } else {
-      logger.log('error', `state type ${stateArg} could not be set`);
-    }
-  }
 }