eventstack

0.2.0 • Public • Published

EventStack

Middleware for EventEmitters

Installation

npm install eventstack

Description

Sometimes I wished I could take an event and apply some logic to it before it reaches the listener. So I made this thingy.

It is still a regular EventEmitter, with an extra .use() method where you use to add middleware to your events.

The API looks like this:

ee.use('some event', function (args, next) {
  // do stuff here
  // ...
  
  // move on
  next();
});

The function is called in the EventEmitter context with 2 arguments, args and next.

args is an Array with the event arguments, including the event name, you can use to inspect or transform.

You call next() to move to the next middleware, or emit the event when it reaches the end of the stack. It is not necessary to call next() all the time, depending on your logic, you could use this.emit(...) to emit a different event or even do nothing.

Usage

Standalone:

var ee = new EventStack();

Inherit (just like a regular EventEmitter):

function Cat () {
  EventStack.call(this);
}
 
util.inherits(Cat, EventStack);
 
Cat.prototype.meow = function () {
  this.emit('meow');
}

Patch existing EventEmitter:

var ee = new EventEmitter();
EventStack(ee); // patched!
ee.use(...);

Example

var EventStack = require('eventstack');
 
var ee = new EventStack;
 
// add a middleware that waits for `bar` messages on `foo`
// and re-emits `foobar!` to `bar`!
ee.use('foo', function (args, next) {
  if (args[1] === 'bar') {
    this.emit('bar', 'foobar!');
  } else {
    next();
  }
});
 
ee.on('foo', function (s) {
  console.log('listener foo:', s);
});
 
ee.on('bar', function (s) {
  console.log('listener bar:', s);
});
 
ee.emit('foo', 'not bar :(');
ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
 

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MIT/X11

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