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Functional, stateless JavaScript finite state machines and statecharts.

๐Ÿ“– Read the documentation!

Why?

In short, statecharts are a formalism for modeling stateful, reactive systems. This is useful for declaratively describing the behavior of your application, from the individual components to the overall application logic.

Read ๐Ÿ“ฝ the slides (๐ŸŽฅ video) or check out these resources for learning about the importance of finite state machines and statecharts in user interfaces:

Installation

  1. npm install xstate --save
  2. import { Machine } from 'xstate';

Finite State Machines

Light Machine

import { Machine } from 'xstate';

const lightMachine = Machine({
  key: 'light',
  initial: 'green',
  states: {
    green: {
      on: {
        TIMER: 'yellow',
      }
    },
    yellow: {
      on: {
        TIMER: 'red',
      }
    },
    red: {
      on: {
        TIMER: 'green',
      }
    }
  }
});

const currentState = 'green';

const nextState = lightMachine
  .transition(currentState, 'TIMER')
  .value;

// => 'yellow'

Hierarchical (Nested) State Machines

Hierarchical Light Machine

import { Machine } from 'xstate';

const pedestrianStates = {
  initial: 'walk',
  states: {
    walk: {
      on: {
        PED_TIMER: 'wait'
      }
    },
    wait: {
      on: {
        PED_TIMER: 'stop'
      }
    },
    stop: {}
  }
};

const lightMachine = Machine({
  key: 'light',
  initial: 'green',
  states: {
    green: {
      on: {
        TIMER: 'yellow'
      }
    },
    yellow: {
      on: {
        TIMER: 'red'
      }
    },
    red: {
      on: {
        TIMER: 'green'
      },
      ...pedestrianStates
    }
  }
});

const currentState = 'yellow';

const nextState = lightMachine
  .transition(currentState, 'TIMER')
  .value;
// => {
//   red: 'walk'
// }

lightMachine
  .transition('red.walk', 'PED_TIMER')
  .value;
// => {
//   red: 'wait'
// }

Object notation for hierarchical states:

// ...
const waitState = lightMachine
  .transition({ red: 'walk' }, 'PED_TIMER')
  .value;

// => { red: 'wait' }

lightMachine
  .transition(waitState, 'PED_TIMER')
  .value;

// => { red: 'stop' }

lightMachine
  .transition({ red: 'stop' }, 'TIMER')
  .value;

// => 'green'

Parallel States

const wordMachine = Machine({
  parallel: true,
  states: {
    bold: {
      initial: 'off',
      states: {
        on: {
          on: { TOGGLE_BOLD: 'off' }
        },
        off: {
          on: { TOGGLE_BOLD: 'on' }
        }
      }
    },
    underline: {
      initial: 'off',
      states: {
        on: {
          on: { TOGGLE_UNDERLINE: 'off' }
        },
        off: {
          on: { TOGGLE_UNDERLINE: 'on' }
        }
      }
    },
    italics: {
      initial: 'off',
      states: {
        on: {
          on: { TOGGLE_ITALICS: 'off' }
        },
        off: {
          on: { TOGGLE_ITALICS: 'on' }
        }
      }
    },
    list: {
      initial: 'none',
      states: {
        none: {
          on: { BULLETS: 'bullets', NUMBERS: 'numbers' }
        },
        bullets: {
          on: { NONE: 'none', NUMBERS: 'numbers' }
        },
        numbers: {
          on: { BULLETS: 'bullets', NONE: 'none' }
        }
      }
    }
  }
});

const boldState = wordMachine
  .transition('bold.off', 'TOGGLE_BOLD')
  .value;

// {
//   bold: 'on',
//   italics: 'off',
//   underline: 'off',
//   list: 'none'
// }

const nextState = wordMachine
  .transition({
    bold: 'off',
    italics: 'off',
    underline: 'on',
    list: 'bullets'
  }, 'TOGGLE_ITALICS')
  .value;

// {
//   bold: 'off',
//   italics: 'on',
//   underline: 'on',
//   list: 'bullets'
// }

History States

To provide full flexibility, history states are more arbitrarily defined than the original statechart specification. To go to a history state, use the special key $history.

Payment Machine

const paymentMachine = Machine({
  initial: 'method',
  states: {
    method: {
      initial: 'cash',
      states: {
        cash: { on: { SWITCH_CHECK: 'check' } },
        check: { on: { SWITCH_CASH: 'cash' } }
      },
      on: { NEXT: 'review' }
    },
    review: {
      on: { PREVIOUS: 'method.$history' }
    }
  }
});

const checkState = paymentMachine
  .transition('method.cash', 'SWITCH_CHECK');

// => State {
//   value: { method: 'check' },
//   history: State { ... }
// }

const reviewState = paymentMachine
  .transition(checkState, 'NEXT');

// => State {
//   value: 'review',
//   history: State { ... }
// }

const previousState = paymentMachine
  .transition(reviewState, 'PREVIOUS')
  .value;

// => { method: 'check' }

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