循环结束后如何发送函数的结果？

Question

In a Node/Express server in CoffeeScript, I have the following function :

@resolveServers = (url, servers, answer) ->
  result = []
  treatServer(url, server, (treatAnswer) ->
    result.push(treatAnswer)
  ) for server in servers
  answer(result)

The treatServer method take some times, and the answer is send before the loop is finish. How can I send the result only when the loop is come at an end ?

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

It is easy as long as you know the number of servers beforehand:

@resolveServers = (url, servers, answer) ->
    result = []
    count = 0
    treatServer(url, server, (treatAnswer) ->
        result.push(treatAnswer)
        count++
        answer result if count is servers.length
    ) for server in servers

Edit: After thinking about it again. In your case this could be solved even easier:

@resolveServers = (url, servers, answer) ->
    result = []
    treatServer(url, server, (treatAnswer) ->
        result.push treatAnswer
        answer result if result.length is servers.length
    ) for server in servers

Edit 2: As squint pointed out, that push returns the length of the array:

@resolveServers = (url, servers, answer) ->
    result = []
    treatServer(url, server, (treatAnswer) ->
        answer result if result.push(treatAnswer) is servers.length
    ) for server in servers

If you want to maintain readability of the code, the last edit might not be the best choice ;-)

Answer 2

You can also use async module

Here is great article Node.js async in practice: When to use what? which explains async in details.