Automata za hali ni nini na lini husaidia?

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**Automat wa hali** huiga mfumo kama seti yenye kikomo ya **hali** pamoja na **mabadiliko** yaliyoruhusiwa kati yao. Badala ya kugombana na zama za boolean zinazojitegemea, unabainisha sawa ni hali gani zilizopo na ni mabadiliko gani yanayoruhusiwa — yakifanya hali zisizowezekana kuwa haziwakilishiki.

## Tatizo: broth ya boolean

```js
// ❌ multiple booleans → 2^n combinations, many of them invalid
const [isLoading, setLoading] = useState(false);
const [isError, setError] = useState(false);
const [isSuccess, setSuccess] = useState(false);
// { isLoading: true, isError: true, isSuccess: true } — nonsense, but POSSIBLE
```

Kwa zama zinazojitegemea, hakuna kitu kinachozuia mchanganyiko unaokinzani, na lazima uziandae kwa mikakati kila wakati wa mabadiliko — chanzo cha mabala.

## Mfumo wa automat wa hali

```text
States:      idle → loading → success
                       ↓
                     error → (retry) → loading

Only defined transitions are allowed; you can't be in two states at once.
```

```js
const machine = {
  idle:    { FETCH: "loading" },
  loading: { SUCCESS: "success", ERROR: "error" },
  success: { FETCH: "loading" },
  error:   { RETRY: "loading" },
};
function transition(current, event) {
  return machine[current][event] ?? current; // only legal transitions happen
}
```

Membembevu mmoja `state` unashikilia hali ya sasa; `event` inasababisha mabadiliko *yaliyoainishwa*. Mabadiliko yasiyoruhusiwa (k.m. SUCCESS wakati umekaa) haywezi kutokea — hali zisizowezekana zimeondolewa kwa muundo.

## Zana za ulimwengu halisi: XState

```js
// libraries like XState formalize this with guards, actions, nested/parallel states
const toggleMachine = createMachine({
  initial: "inactive",
  states: {
    inactive: { on: { TOGGLE: "active" } },
    active:   { on: { TOGGLE: "inactive" } },
  },
});
```

## Lini automata za hali husaidia

```text
✓ Complex flows with many states: checkout, multi-step forms/wizards, media players
✓ Authentication flows (logged out → logging in → logged in → refreshing)
✓ Anything where invalid state combinations cause bugs
✗ Overkill for simple toggles or trivial state
```

## Kwa nini kinamaanisha

Automata za hali zinaleta uthibitisho kwa mantiki yenye hali ngumu kwa kufanya **hali batili kuwa haiwezekani** na mabadiliko **yainuliwe** — yakibadilisha michanganyiko inayoelea ya boolean na mfumo wenye wazi, kamili.

Zina muhimu sana kwa mtiririko changamano (waganga, malipo, uthibitisho, kimedia) ambapo broth ya boolean inasababisha hitilafu nyingine, zisizoezekanika kufanyiwa tena.

Hata kwa kaida (enum `status`) wazo linalofanya hadhi ya async nzuri; rasmi (XState) inatoa mantiki inayoweza kulinganiswana, inayoweza kupimwa, imara.

Kujua ni wakati gani kuzikamatia ni dalili ya muundo wa hali uliostahimili.