awayback

awayback v2.1.1

Custom event system for JavaScript exported as Node.js module.

let awayback = require('awayback')();

awayback.on('event', (data) => {
    console.log(data);
    // data
});

awayback.fire('event', 'data');

Installation

Install using NPM (or yarn):

$ npm i -g npm
$ npm i --save awayback

In Node.js:

// Require awayback & create a new instance
let awayback = require('awayback')();

API

awayback(object)

• object <Object>

Require awayback & create a new instance.

let awayback = require('awayback')();

Assign awayback object to an existing one.

let data = {};

let awayback = require('awayback')(data);
// Merge awayback & data object

.create(event)

• event <String>

Optionally, an event with any name can be created.

awayback.create('name');

.on(event, callback, options)

• event <String>
• callback <Function>
  • data <Any>
  • event <String>
• options <Object>
  • isIgnoringPrevious <Boolean>

The callback is executed each time the event is fired. There is a possible argument for the data from the fire function. If there are several arguments at the event call, data is an array.

awayback.on('name', (data) => {
    // Event is fired, callback executed
    // Use transmitted data
    console.log(data);
});

If the argument isExecutingPrevious in options is set to true, the listener executes event calls from before the initialization of the listener.

// Fire event before the initialization of .on()
// This event call will also be executed
awayback.fire('event', 'before');

setTimeout(() => {
    awayback.on('event', data => {
        console.log(data);
        // OUTPUT: before
        // OUTPUT: after
        // OUTPUT: another call
    }, {
      isExecutingPrevious: true
    });

    awayback.fire('event', 'after');
    awayback.fire('event', 'another call');
}, 1000);

Multiple events

It is also possible to use a callback for several events. For this purpose, the events names can be separated by a |.

// Listen to the events 'first' and 'second'
awayback.on('first|second', () => {
    // Event 'first' or 'second' is fired, callback executed
});

.once(event, callback, ignorePreviousCalls)

• event <String>
• callback <Function>
  • data <Any>
  • event <String>
• options <Object>
  • isIgnoringPrevious <Boolean>

The callback is only executed once when the event is called first. There is a possible argument for the data from the fire function. If there are several arguments at the event call, data is an array.

awayback.once('event', (data) => {
    // Event is fired, callback executed
    // Use transmitted data
    console.log(data);
    // one
});

awayback.fire('event', 'one');
awayback.fire('event', 'two');

If the argument isExecutingPrevious in options is set to true, the listener executes event calls from before the initialization of the listener.

// Fire event before the initialization of .once()
// This event call will also be executed
awayback.fire('event', 'before');

setTimeout(() => {
  awayback.once('event', data => {
    console.log(data);
    // OUTPUT: before
  }, {
    isExecutingPrevious: true
  });
}, 1000);

Multiple events

It is also possible to use a callback for several events. For this purpose, the events names can be separated by a |.

// Listen to the events 'first' and 'second'
awayback.once('first|second', () => {
    // Event 'first' or 'second' is fired, callback executed
});

.only(event, callback, ignorePreviousCalls)

• event <String>
• callback <Function>
  • data <Any>
  • event <String>
• options <Object>
  • isIgnoringPrevious <Boolean>

The callback is only executed if this callback is the first and only one to be called. There is a possible argument for the data from the fire function. If there are several arguments at the event call, data is an array.

awayback.only('name', (data) => {
    // Event is fired, callback executed
    // Use transmitted data
    console.log(data);
});

awayback.on('event', () => {});

awayback.only('event', (data) => {
    // Event is fired, callback is not executed
    // because it's not the only event listener
    console.log(data);
});

awayback.fire('event', 'data');

If the argument isExecutingPrevious in options is set to true, the listener executes event calls from before the initialization of the listener.

// Fire event before the initialization of .only()
// This event call will also be executed
awayback.fire('event', 'before');

setTimeout(() => {
  awayback.only('event', data => {
    console.log(data);
    // OUTPUT: before
  }, {
    isExecutingPrevious: true
  });
}, 1000);

Multiple events

It is also possible to use a callback for several events. For this purpose, the events names can be separated by a |.

// Listen to the events 'first' and 'second'
awayback.only('first|second', () => {
    // Event 'first' or 'second' is fired, callback executed
});

.fire(event, ...data)

• event <String>
• data <Any>

Events can be fired using the function fire. The first required argument is the name of the event, the second, optional one, is data that can be transmitted.

awayback.fire('name', 'data');

Multiple events

It is also possible to fire multiple events with one call. For this purpose, the events names can be separated by a |.

// Fire the events 'first' and 'second' with the same call
awayback.fire('first|second', 'data');

Multiple arguments

If there are more than two arguments, data is an array.

// Listen to the events 'first' and 'second'
awayback.on('event', data => {
    console.log(data);
    // OUTPUT: ['some', 'data']
});

awayback.fire('event', 'some', 'data');

.isFired(event)

• event <String>

Returns: <Boolean>

Returns if a given event was fired.

// Fire an event
awayback.fire('event');

// Check if event was fired
awayback.isFired('event')
// true

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022 Luca Joos

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