ee-event-emitter

ee-events

installation

npm install ee-events

if an «error» event is emitted and there is no listenr for the error event a stacktrace is printed and the application exits.

API

var EventEmitter = require( "ee-event-emitter" );
var eventEmitter = new EventEmitter();

// attach listener
eventEmitter.on( "eventName", cb );

// attach listsner which is called once
eventEmitter.once( "eventName", cb );

// remove all listeners for all events
eventEmitter.off();

// remove listeners for specific event
eventEmitter.off( "eventName" );

// remove a single listener
eventEmitter.off( "eventName", listener );

// emit an event
eventEmitter.emit( "eventName", arg, arg, .... );

// get all listeners
eventEmitter.listener();

// get lsisteners for a specific event
eventEmitter.listsner( "eventName" );

// event which is emitted when an event listener is added
eventEmitter.on( "listener", function( eventName, listener ){} );

// event which is emitted when an event listener is removed
eventEmitter.on( "removeListener", function( eventName, listener ){} );

usage

var   Class     		= require( "ee-class" )
	, EventEmitter    	= require( "ee-event-emitter" );


var Human = new Class( {
    inherits: EventEmitter
    , name: ""
    , age: 29

    , init: function( options ){
        this.name = options.name;
    }


    , sayHello: function( to ){
        this.emit( "startHello" );
        console.log( "Hi %s, my name is %s, i'm %s years old.", to, this.name, this.age );
        this.emit( "endHello" );
    }
} );



var Boy = new Class( {
    inherits: Human
    , age: 12
} );


var fabian = new Boy( { 
    name: "Fabian" 
    , on: {
          startHello: function(){ console.log( "starting console output:" ); }
        , endHello: function(){ console.log( "finished console output!" ); }
    }
} );


fabian.sayHello( "michael" );  // starting console output:
                    // Hi my name is Fabian and i'm 12 years old.
                    // finished console output!

Version History

• 0.1.0: initial version