Convert Javascript callback to Dart future

Question

I'm trying to convert the following snippet from Node.js to Dart.

 self.emit('send_message_A', foo, bar, function(opt1, opt2) {
   var avar= self.getSomeValue(foo, bar, opt1, opt2);

   if(self.someCondition)
     self.emit('send_message_B', foo, bar, avar);
 });

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Edit: So far I've tried:

typedef Future Next(String opt1, String opt2);

class Sender {
  Stream<Next> get onSendMessageA => sendMessageA.stream;
  final sendMessageA = new StreamController<Next>.broadcast();

  SendMessage(fn) => sendMessageA.add(fn);
}

main() {
  var sender = new Sender()
    ..onSendMessageA.listen((f) => f('option1', 'option2'))
      .asFuture().then((value) => print('value: $value'));

  Future<String> fn(String opt1, String opt2) {
    print('opt1: $opt1');
    print('opt2: $opt2');
    return new Future.value('$opt1 - $opt2');
  };

  sender.sendMessageA(fn);
}

Option 1 and 2 gets printed but no future value is returned.

Answer 1

You call sendMessageA but that is only a field that references the StreamController, what you want is to call SendMessage(). You should make sendMessageA private (_sendMessage) and start SendMessage with a lowercase letter (Dart style guid) and then call sendMessage() that adds fn to _sendMessage.

Tried the following code and worked.

library x;

import 'dart:async';

typedef Future<String> Next(String opt1, String opt2);

class Sender {
  Stream<Next> get onSendMessageA => _sendMessageA.stream;
  final _sendMessageA = new StreamController<Next>.broadcast();

  sendMessage(fn) => _sendMessageA.add(fn);
}

void main(List<String> args) {
  var sender = new Sender()
    ..onSendMessageA.listen((f) {
      f('option1', 'option2')
      .then((value) => print('value: $value'));
    });


  sender.sendMessage(fn);
}

Future<String> fn(String opt1, String opt2) {
  print('opt1: $opt1');
  print('opt2: $opt2');
  return new Future.value('$opt1 - $opt2');
}

Answer 2

We can also use Completers as its very easy to use See the Doc API for how to use and concrete examples