Create a publisher that emits a value on completion of another publisher - swift

Question

I have a publisher that never emits items and only completes or fails with an error (AnyPublisher<Never, Error>). I want to transform that publisher into a publisher that emits a value when the first publisher completes (AnyPublisher<Value, Error>), or passes through any error. I want to create that value after completion of the first publisher. I could do something like this, but it seems quite messy:
func demo() -> AnyPublisher<Int, Error> {
// Using Empty just for demo purposes
let firstPublisher = Empty<Never, Error>(completeImmediately: true).eraseToAnyPublisher()
var cancellable: AnyCancellable?
return Future<Int, Error> { promise in
cancellable = firstPublisher
.sink { completion in
switch completion {
case .failure(let error):
promise(.failure(error))
case .finished:
// some operation that generates value
let value:Int = 1
promise(.success(value))
}
} receiveValue: { _ in
}
}
.handleEvents(receiveCancel: {
cancellable?.cancel()
})
.eraseToAnyPublisher()
}
Can this be done a better way? Something like:
extension AnyPublisher {
func completionMap<T, P>(_: (_ completion: Subscribers.Completion<Self.Failure>) -> P) -> P where P: Publisher, T == P.Output, Self.Failure == P.Failure {
/// ???
}
}
func demo() -> AnyPublisher<Int, Error> {
// Using Empty just for demo purposes
let firstPublisher = Empty<Never, Error>(completeImmediately: true).eraseToAnyPublisher()
return firstPublisher
.completionMap { completion -> AnyPublisher<Int, Error> in
switch completion {
case .failure(let error):
return Fail(error: error).eraseToAnyPublisher()
case .finished:
// some operation that generates value
let value:Int = 1
return Just(value).setFailureType(to: Error.self).eraseToAnyPublisher()
}
}.eraseToAnyPublisher()
}

Answer 1

You could use .append (which returns a Publishers.Concatenate) as a way to emit a value after the first publisher completes.
let firstPublisher: AnyPublisher<Never, Error> = ...
let demo = firstPublisher
.map { _ -> Int in }
.append([1])
The above will emit 1 if firstPublisher completes successfully, or would error out.