Enhancement: Added combine operator

example/src/main/scala/example/PlainTextBenchmarkServer.scala

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package example
 
 import io.netty.util.AsciiString
-import zhttp.http._
+import zhttp.http.{Http, _}
 import zhttp.service.server.ServerChannelFactory
 import zhttp.service.{EventLoopGroup, Server}
 import zio.{App, ExitCode, UIO, URIO}
@@ -11,27 +11,43 @@ import zio.{App, ExitCode, UIO, URIO}
  */
 object Main extends App {
 
-  private val message: String = "Hello, World!"
+  private val plainTextMessage: String = "Hello, World!"
+  private val jsonMessage: String      = """{"greetings": "Hello World!"}"""
+
+  private val plaintextPath = "/plaintext"
+  private val jsonPath      = "/json"
 
   private val STATIC_SERVER_NAME = AsciiString.cached("zio-http")
 
-  private val frozenResponse = Response
-    .text(message)
+  private val frozenJsonResponse = Response
+    .json(jsonMessage)
+    .withServerTime
+    .withServer(STATIC_SERVER_NAME)
+    .freeze
+
+  private val frozenPlainTextResponse = Response
+    .text(plainTextMessage)
     .withServerTime
     .withServer(STATIC_SERVER_NAME)
     .freeze
 
-  override def run(args: List[String]): URIO[zio.ZEnv, ExitCode] = {
-    frozenResponse
+  private def plainTextApp(response: Response) = Http.fromHExit(HExit.succeed(response)).whenPathEq(plaintextPath)
+
+  private def jsonApp(json: Response) = Http.fromHExit(HExit.succeed(json)).whenPathEq(jsonPath)
+
+  private def app = for {
+    plainTextResponse <- frozenPlainTextResponse
+    jsonResponse      <- frozenJsonResponse
+  } yield plainTextApp(plainTextResponse) ++ jsonApp(jsonResponse)
+
+  override def run(args: List[String]): URIO[zio.ZEnv, ExitCode] =
+    app
       .flatMap(server(_).make.useForever)
       .provideCustomLayer(ServerChannelFactory.auto ++ EventLoopGroup.auto(8))
       .exitCode
-  }
-  private val path                                               = "/plaintext"
-  private def app(response: Response) = Http.fromHExit(HExit.succeed(response)).whenPathEq(path)
 
-  private def server(response: Response) =
-    Server.app(app(response)) ++
+  private def server(app: HttpApp[Any, Nothing]) =
+    Server.app(app) ++
       Server.port(8080) ++
       Server.error(_ => UIO.unit) ++
       Server.disableLeakDetection ++

zio-http-benchmarks/src/main/scala/zhttp.benchmarks/HttpCombineEval.scala

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ class HttpCombineEval {
   private val spec = (0 to MAX).foldLeft(app)((a, _) => a ++ app)
 
   @Benchmark
-  def benchmarkNotFound(): Unit = {
+  def empty(): Unit = {
     spec.execute(-1)
     ()
   }
 
   @Benchmark
-  def benchmarkOk(): Unit = {
+  def ok(): Unit = {
     spec.execute(0)
     ()
   }

zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Http.scala

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ sealed trait Http[-R, +E, -A, +B] extends (A => ZIO[R, Option[E], B]) { self =>
    * Named alias for `++`
    */
   final def defaultWith[R1 <: R, E1 >: E, A1 <: A, B1 >: B](other: Http[R1, E1, A1, B1]): Http[R1, E1, A1, B1] =
-    self.foldHttp(Http.fail, Http.die, Http.succeed, other)
+    Http.Combine(self, other)
 
   /**
    * Delays production of output B for the specified duration of time
@@ -596,6 +596,16 @@ sealed trait Http[-R, +E, -A, +B] extends (A => ZIO[R, Option[E], B]) { self =>
         } catch {
           case e: Throwable => HExit.die(e)
         }
+
+      case Combine(self, other) => {
+        self.execute(a) match {
+          case HExit.Empty            => other.execute(a)
+          case exit: HExit.Success[_] => exit.asInstanceOf[HExit[R, E, B]]
+          case exit: HExit.Failure[_] => exit.asInstanceOf[HExit[R, E, B]]
+          case exit: HExit.Die        => exit
+          case exit @ HExit.Effect(_) => exit.defaultWith(other.execute(a)).asInstanceOf[HExit[R, E, B]]
+        }
+      }
     }
 }
 
@@ -1053,6 +1063,11 @@ object Http {
 
   private case class Attempt[A](a: () => A) extends Http[Any, Nothing, Any, A]
 
+  private final case class Combine[R, E, EE, A, B, BB](
+    self: Http[R, E, A, B],
+    other: Http[R, EE, A, BB],
+  ) extends Http[R, EE, A, BB]
+
   private final case class FromHExit[R, E, B](h: HExit[R, E, B]) extends Http[R, E, Any, B]
 
   private final case class When[R, E, A, B](f: A => Boolean, other: Http[R, E, A, B]) extends Http[R, E, A, B]

zio-http/src/test/scala/zhttp/http/HttpSpec.scala

@@ -169,6 +169,33 @@ object HttpSpec extends DefaultRunnableSpec with HExitAssertion {
             val b      = Http.collect[Int] { case 2 => "B" }
             val actual = (a ++ b).execute(3)
             assert(actual)(isEmpty)
+          } +
+          test("should not resolve") {
+            val a      = Http.empty
+            val b      = Http.empty
+            val c      = Http.empty
+            val actual = (a ++ b ++ c).execute(())
+            assert(actual)(isEmpty)
+          } +
+          test("should fail with second") {
+            val a      = Http.empty
+            val b      = Http.fail(100)
+            val c      = Http.succeed("A")
+            val actual = (a ++ b ++ c).execute(())
+            assert(actual)(isFailure(equalTo(100)))
+          } +
+          test("should resolve third") {
+            val a      = Http.empty
+            val b      = Http.empty
+            val c      = Http.succeed("C")
+            val actual = (a ++ b ++ c).execute(())
+            assert(actual)(isSuccess(equalTo("C")))
+          } +
+          testM("should resolve second") {
+            val a      = Http.fromHExit(HExit.Effect(ZIO.fail(None)))
+            val b      = Http.succeed(2)
+            val actual = (a ++ b).execute(()).toZIO.either
+            assertM(actual)(isRight)
           },
       ) +
       suite("asEffect")(