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diff --git a/node_modules/event-emitter/README.md b/node_modules/event-emitter/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..049905429 --- /dev/null +++ b/node_modules/event-emitter/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +# event-emitter +## Environment agnostic event emitter + +### Installation + + $ npm install event-emitter + +To port it to Browser or any other (non CJS) environment, use your favorite CJS bundler. No favorite yet? Try: [Browserify](http://browserify.org/), [Webmake](https://github.com/medikoo/modules-webmake) or [Webpack](http://webpack.github.io/) + +### Usage + +```javascript +var ee = require('event-emitter'); + +var MyClass = function () { /* .. */ }; +ee(MyClass.prototype); // All instances of MyClass will expose event-emitter interface + +var emitter = new MyClass(), listener; + +emitter.on('test', listener = function (args) { + // … react to 'test' event +}); + +emitter.once('test', function (args) { + // … react to first 'test' event (invoked only once!) +}); + +emitter.emit('test', arg1, arg2/*…args*/); // Two above listeners invoked +emitter.emit('test', arg1, arg2/*…args*/); // Only first listener invoked + +emitter.off('test', listener); // Removed first listener +emitter.emit('test', arg1, arg2/*…args*/); // No listeners invoked +``` +### Additional utilities + +#### allOff(obj) _(event-emitter/all-off)_ + +Removes all listeners from given event emitter object + +#### hasListeners(obj[, name]) _(event-emitter/has-listeners)_ + +Whether object has some listeners attached to the object. +When `name` is provided, it checks listeners for specific event name + +```javascript +var emitter = ee(); +var hasListeners = require('event-emitter/has-listeners'); +var listener = function () {}; + +hasListeners(emitter); // false + +emitter.on('foo', listener); +hasListeners(emitter); // true +hasListeners(emitter, 'foo'); // true +hasListeners(emitter, 'bar'); // false + +emitter.off('foo', listener); +hasListeners(emitter, 'foo'); // false +``` + +#### pipe(source, target[, emitMethodName]) _(event-emitter/pipe)_ + +Pipes all events from _source_ emitter onto _target_ emitter (all events from _source_ emitter will be emitted also on _target_ emitter, but not other way). +Returns _pipe_ object which exposes `pipe.close` function. Invoke it to close configured _pipe_. +It works internally by redefinition of `emit` method, if in your interface this method is referenced differently, provide its name (or symbol) with third argument. + +#### unify(emitter1, emitter2) _(event-emitter/unify)_ + +Unifies event handling for two objects. Events emitted on _emitter1_ would be also emitted on _emitter2_, and other way back. +Non reversible. + +```javascript +var eeUnify = require('event-emitter/unify'); + +var emitter1 = ee(), listener1, listener3; +var emitter2 = ee(), listener2, listener4; + +emitter1.on('test', listener1 = function () { }); +emitter2.on('test', listener2 = function () { }); + +emitter1.emit('test'); // Invoked listener1 +emitter2.emit('test'); // Invoked listener2 + +var unify = eeUnify(emitter1, emitter2); + +emitter1.emit('test'); // Invoked listener1 and listener2 +emitter2.emit('test'); // Invoked listener1 and listener2 + +emitter1.on('test', listener3 = function () { }); +emitter2.on('test', listener4 = function () { }); + +emitter1.emit('test'); // Invoked listener1, listener2, listener3 and listener4 +emitter2.emit('test'); // Invoked listener1, listener2, listener3 and listener4 +``` + +### Tests [](https://travis-ci.org/medikoo/event-emitter) + + $ npm test |