Swift throw from closure nested in a function

Question

I have a function that throws an error, in this function I have a inside a closure that I need to throw the error from it\'s completion handler. Is that possibl

Answer 1

Because throwing is synchronous, an async function that wants to throw must have an inner closure that throws, such as this:

func insertEventToDefaultCalendar(event :EKEvent, completion: (() throws -> Void) -> Void) {
    let eventStore = EKEventStore()
    switch EKEventStore.authorizationStatusForEntityType(.Event) {
    case .Authorized:
        do {
            try insertEvent(eventStore, event: event)
            completion { /*Success*/ }
        } catch {
            completion { throw CalendarEventError.Failed }
        }

        case .Denied:
            completion { throw CalendarEventError.AccessDenied }

        case .NotDetermined:
            eventStore.requestAccessToEntityType(EKEntityType.Event, completion: { (granted, error) -> Void in
                if granted {
                    let _ = try? self.insertEvent(eventStore, event: event)
                    completion { /*Success*/ }
                } else {
                    completion { throw CalendarEventError.AccessDenied }
                }
        })
        default:
            break
    }
}

Then, at the call site, you use it like this:

   insertEventToDefaultCalendar(EKEvent()) { response in
        do {
            try response()
            // Success
        }
        catch {
            // Error
            print(error)
        }
    }