examples/api/lib/material/autocomplete/autocomplete.3.dart

// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

import 'dart:async';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

/// Flutter code sample for [Autocomplete] that demonstrates fetching the
/// options asynchronously and debouncing the network calls.

const Duration fakeAPIDuration = Duration(seconds: 1);
const Duration debounceDuration = Duration(milliseconds: 500);

void main() => runApp(const AutocompleteExampleApp());

class AutocompleteExampleApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const AutocompleteExampleApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: const Text('Autocomplete - async and debouncing'),
        ),
        body: Center(
          child: Column(
            mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
            children: <Widget>[
              Text('Type below to autocomplete the following possible results: ${_FakeAPI._kOptions}.'),
              const _AsyncAutocomplete(),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class _AsyncAutocomplete extends StatefulWidget {
  const _AsyncAutocomplete();

  @override
  State<_AsyncAutocomplete > createState() => _AsyncAutocompleteState();
}

class _AsyncAutocompleteState extends State<_AsyncAutocomplete > {
  // The query currently being searched for. If null, there is no pending
  // request.
  String? _currentQuery;

  // The most recent options received from the API.
  late Iterable<String> _lastOptions = <String>[];

  late final _Debounceable<Iterable<String>?, String> _debouncedSearch;

  // Calls the "remote" API to search with the given query. Returns null when
  // the call has been made obsolete.
  Future<Iterable<String>?> _search(String query) async {
    _currentQuery = query;

    // In a real application, there should be some error handling here.
    final Iterable<String> options = await _FakeAPI.search(_currentQuery!);

    // If another search happened after this one, throw away these options.
    if (_currentQuery != query) {
      return null;
    }
    _currentQuery = null;

    return options;
  }

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _debouncedSearch = _debounce<Iterable<String>?, String>(_search);
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Autocomplete<String>(
      optionsBuilder: (TextEditingValue textEditingValue) async {
        final Iterable<String>? options = await _debouncedSearch(textEditingValue.text);
        if (options == null) {
          return _lastOptions;
        }
        _lastOptions = options;
        return options;
      },
      onSelected: (String selection) {
        debugPrint('You just selected $selection');
      },
    );
  }
}

// Mimics a remote API.
class _FakeAPI {
  static const List<String> _kOptions = <String>[
    'aardvark',
    'bobcat',
    'chameleon',
  ];

  // Searches the options, but injects a fake "network" delay.
  static Future<Iterable<String>> search(String query) async {
    await Future<void>.delayed(fakeAPIDuration); // Fake 1 second delay.
    if (query == '') {
      return const Iterable<String>.empty();
    }
    return _kOptions.where((String option) {
      return option.contains(query.toLowerCase());
    });
  }
}

typedef _Debounceable<S, T> = Future<S?> Function(T parameter);

/// Returns a new function that is a debounced version of the given function.
///
/// This means that the original function will be called only after no calls
/// have been made for the given Duration.
_Debounceable<S, T> _debounce<S, T>(_Debounceable<S?, T> function) {
  _DebounceTimer? debounceTimer;

  return (T parameter) async {
    if (debounceTimer != null && !debounceTimer!.isCompleted) {
      debounceTimer!.cancel();
    }
    debounceTimer = _DebounceTimer();
    try {
      await debounceTimer!.future;
    } catch (error) {
      if (error is _CancelException) {
        return null;
      }
      rethrow;
    }
    return function(parameter);
  };
}

// A wrapper around Timer used for debouncing.
class _DebounceTimer {
  _DebounceTimer(
  ) {
    _timer = Timer(debounceDuration, _onComplete);
  }

  late final Timer _timer;
  final Completer<void> _completer = Completer<void>();

  void _onComplete() {
    _completer.complete();
  }

  Future<void> get future => _completer.future;

  bool get isCompleted => _completer.isCompleted;

  void cancel() {
    _timer.cancel();
    _completer.completeError(const _CancelException());
  }
}

// An exception indicating that the timer was canceled.
class _CancelException implements Exception {
  const _CancelException();
}