A concurrent and thread safe resource cache that will make the first resource requesting Task fetch the resource asynchronously while being suspended. All subsequent Tasks requesting the resource will also be suspended, and a Continuation will be created and stored for each Task. Continuations and Tasks will then be resumed once the initial Task…

ContinuationCreatingResourceCache.swift

//
//  ContinuationCreatingResourceCache.swift
//

import Foundation

/// A thread/concurrency context safe storage for Continuations using [NSLock](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nslock).
/// Heavily inspired by this WWDC 2023 video: [Beyond the basics of structured concurrency](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10170/).
///
/// NOTE: Be careful to always resume any suspended Continuations to prevent Continuation / Task leaks.
/// Highly recommend to check out this WWDC 2022 video: [Visualize and optimize Swift concurrency](https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/110350/).
final class WaitingContinuationsLocker: @unchecked Sendable {
    private var protectedWaitingContinuations: [UUID: CheckedContinuation<Data?, Never>] = [:]
    private let lock = NSLock()

    var count: Int {
        lock.withLock { protectedWaitingContinuations.count }
    }

    func set(_ waitingContinuation: CheckedContinuation<Data?, Never>, forId id: UUID) {
        _ = lock.withLock { protectedWaitingContinuations.updateValue(waitingContinuation, forKey: id) }
    }

    func popFirst() -> (UUID, CheckedContinuation<Data?, Never>)? {
        lock.withLock { protectedWaitingContinuations.popFirst() }
    }

    func remove(forId id: UUID) -> CheckedContinuation<Data?, Never>? {
        lock.withLock { protectedWaitingContinuations.removeValue(forKey: id) }
    }
}

/// A concurrent and thread safe resource cache that will make the first resource requesting Task fetch the resource asynchronously while being suspended.
/// All subsequent Tasks requesting the resource will also be suspended, and a Continuation will be created and stored for each Task.
/// Continuations and Tasks will then be resumed once the initial Task has finished fetching the resource.
final actor ContinuationCreatingResourceCache {
    private enum CachedResourceState {
        case none
        case fetching
        case value(Data?)
    }

    private let urlSession: URLSession

    private let waitingContinuationsLocker = WaitingContinuationsLocker()
    private var cachedResourceState: CachedResourceState = .none

    init(urlSession: URLSession = .shared) {
        self.urlSession = urlSession
    }

    // MARK: - Private

    private func fetchResource() async -> Data? {
        let url = URL(string: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PokeAPI/sprites/master/sprites/pokemon/132.png")!
        let request = URLRequest(url: url)

        do {
            let (data, _) = try await urlSession.data(for: request)

            return data
        } catch {
            // Ignoring proper Error handling for simplicity.
            print("Failed to fetch resource:", error)
            return nil
        }
    }

    // MARK: - Public

    var resource: Data? {
        get async {
            switch cachedResourceState {
                case .none:
                    cachedResourceState = .fetching

                    let resource = await fetchResource()

                    cachedResourceState = .value(resource)

                    while let (_, waitingContinuation) = waitingContinuationsLocker.popFirst() {
                        // Resume suspended Continuations/Tasks by returning the fetched resource.
                        waitingContinuation.resume(returning: resource)
                    }

                    return resource

                case .fetching:
                    let id = UUID()

                    return await withCheckedContinuation { continuation in
                        waitingContinuationsLocker.set(continuation, forId: id)
                    }

                case let .value(resource):
                    return resource
            }
        }
    }

    var freshResource: Data? {
        get async {
            cachedResourceState = .none

            return await resource
        }
    }
}