Request: deleteTable returns TableDescription

[ScottONeal]

First off, thanks for this library! It creates a nice bridge.

Currently, deleteTable() returns undefined on success, however, it would be nice to have the response callback of the delete call as it is in the aws-sdk deleteTable. This would allow us to run assertions that the correct table was, in fact, deleted.

If this is undesired functionality please feel free to delete the issue. 👍

[jeskew]

Hi @ScottONeal,

The deleteTable method returns a promise, so you could attach completion and failure handlers:

dataMapper.deleteTable()
    .then(() -> console.log("Success!"))
    .catch(() -> console.error("Failure!"));

Please note that deleteTable's promise will not resolve until the table no longer exists. The AWS SDK's tableNotExists waiter is used to verify that the state requested by deleteTable has been fully effected.

[ScottONeal]

Right, I do follow this and use the successful resolution as you demonstrate. It would just be nice to formally verify the deletion of the correct properties with the reponse of TableDefinition from DynamoDB.

Anyways, thanks for your quick response! 🍻

[jeskew]

Sorry; I misunderstood the ask in the original post. deleteTable is currently discarding the table definition, but that can be changed.