@sellside/emitter v1.2.1
emitter
Event emitter for node.js projects.
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Install
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save @sellside/emitter
Attribution
This is based on component-emitter, with some changes and a couple of new methods. That project seems to no longer be maintained.
Usage
Add to your node.js project with the following line of code:
var Emitter = require('@sellside/emitter');
API
Emitter
Initialize a new Emitter
.
Example
const Emitter = require('emitter');
// as an `Emitter` instance
const emitter = new Emitter;
emitter.emit('something');
// or inherit
class MyEmitter extends Emitter {}
Emitter#mixin
Mixin methods from Emitter.
Params
obj
{Object}returns
{Object}
Example
const Emitter = require('emitter');
const obj = {};
Emitter.mixin(obj);
obj.on('status', console.log);
obj.emit('status', 'I emit!');
.listeners
Return the array of registered listeners for event
.
Params
event
{String}returns
{Array}
Example
// all listeners for event "status"
console.log(emitter.listeners('status'));
// all listeners
console.log(emitter.listeners());
.on
Listen on the given event
with fn
.
Params
event
{String}fn
{Function}returns
{Emitter}
Example
emitter.on('foo', () => 'do stuff');
.once
Adds an event
listener that will be invoked a single time then automatically removed.
Params
event
{String}fn
{Function}returns
{Emitter}
Example
emitter.only('once', () => 'do stuff');
.only
Ensures that listeners for event
are only registered once and are disabled correctly when specified. This is different from .once
, which only emits once.
Params
event
{String}options
{Object}fn
{Function}returns
{Emitter}
Example
emitter.only('foo', () => 'do stuff');
.off
Remove the given listener for event
, or remove all registered listeners if event
is undefined.
Params
event
{String}fn
{Function}returns
{Emitter}
Example
emitter.off();
emitter.off('foo');
emitter.off('foo', fn);
.has
Returns true if the emitter has registered listeners for event
.
Params
event
{String}returns
{Boolean}
Example
emitter.on('foo', 'do stuff');
console.log(emitter.has('foo')); // true
console.log(emitter.has('bar')); // false
About
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
Please read the contributing guide for advice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
$ npm install && npm test
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To generate the readme, run the following command:
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
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Author
Jon Schlinkert
License
Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.
This file was generated by verb-generate-readme, v0.6.0, on December 04, 2017.