@ficusjs/finite-state-machine

Finite state machine

A lightweight finite state machine library. It is inspired by the @xstate/fsm library.

Why choose this library over @xstate/fsm?

• You want a lightweight library (2.3KB minified + gzipped)
• State machine services can be retrieved and used in components
• Exit actions are executed before state changes
• Entry actions are executed after state changes
• Guards can be async functions
• Transitions can be delayed
• @xstate/fsm is now deprecated
• More features will be added in the future...

What is a finite state machine?

A finite state machine is a finite set of states that can transition to each other deterministically due to events.

A state machine service is responsible for interpreting the state machine and turning it into a running instance. The service takes care of:

• starting and stopping the state machine
• keeping track of state
• transitioning between states
• updating context data
• executing actions
• invoking callbacks
• notifying subscribers

Features

• State machine instance
• State machine service (running state machine)
• Subscription to state changes
• Transitions
• Async transitions
• Self transitions
• Trigger transitions with string
• Trigger transitions with object
• Transition actions
• Context
• Guards
• Async guards
• Entry and exit actions
• Timer transitions
• Dynamic conditional transitions
• Delayed actions

Installation

FicusJS finite state machine is part of FicusJS but can also be installed independently in a number of ways.

CDN

We recommend using native ES modules in the browser.

<script type="module">
  import {
    createMachine,
    createMachineService,
    assign,
    interpret
  } from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/@ficusjs/finite-state-machine'
</script>

FicusJS finite state machine is available on Skypack.

NPM

FicusJS finite state machine works nicely with build tools such as Parcel, Webpack or Rollup. If you are using a NodeJS tool, you can install the NPM package.

npm install @ficusjs/finite-state-machine

Available builds

FicusJS finite state machine only provides ES module builds. For legacy browsers or alternative modules such as CommonJS, it is recommended to use a build tool to transpile the code.

Usage

import { createMachine, createMachineService, assign } from '@ficusjs/finite-state-machine'

const lightMachine = createMachine({
  initial: 'green',
  states: {
    green: {
      on: {
        TIMER: {
          target: 'yellow'
        }
      }
    },
    yellow: {
      on: {
        TIMER: {
          target: 'red'
        }
      }
    },
    red: {
      on: {
        TIMER: {
          target: 'green'
        }
      }
    }
  }
})

const service = createMachineService('lights', lightMachine)
  .subscribe((state) => {
    console.log(state.value);
  })
  .start()

// => 'green'
// => 'yellow'
// => 'red'
// => 'green'

service.send('TIMER')
service.send('TIMER')
service.send('TIMER')

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing to FicusJS

Any kind of positive contribution is welcome! Please help us to grow by contributing to the project.

If you wish to contribute, you can work on any features you think would enhance the library. After adding your code, please send us a Pull Request.

Please read CONTRIBUTING for details on our CODE OF CONDUCT, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

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