npm install sg-event-emitterAll available methods are:
- addEventListener(name: string, listener: ()=>void) - adds a new listener to given event
- removeEventListener(name: string, listener: ()=>void) - removes registered listener for given event. You have to pass exactly the same function as passed previously to addEventListener.
- dispatchEvent(name: string) - dispatches given event
- settle(host: any) - links addEventListener and removeEventListener from EventEmitter instance to given host object. This allows you to create really encapsulated EventEmitter instance and expose only these two public methods.
``js
var EventEmitter = require('sg-event-emitter').EventEmitter;
//or
import {EventEmitter} from 'sg-event-emitter';
class Foo {
constructor () {
this._eventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
this._eventEmitter.settle(this); //from now this object has
//addEventListener and removeEventListener methods
}
makeSomeAction () {
this._eventEmitter.dispatchEvent('myEvent');
}
}
var foo = new Foo();
var listener = _ => console.log('dispatched');
foo.addEventListener('myEvent', listener);
foo.makeSomeAction(); //logs 'dispatched'
foo.removeEventListener('myEvent', listener);
foo.makeSomeAction(); //doesn't log anything
``