EventHub

🚌 This is a minimalist event hub.

Install

npm i @resreq/event-hub

or

yarn add @resreq/event-hub

Documentation

Get Started

It is recommended to use the kebab-case event name.

import EventHub from '@resreq/event-hub'

const hub = new EventHub()

hub.on('custom-send', (message) => {
  console.log(message)
})

hub.emit('custom-send', 'Hello, EventHub!')
// => Hello, EventHub!

Instance Methods

on(event,handler)

• Arguments:
  • {string | Array<string>} event
  • {Function} handler

• Usage:

  Listen for a custom event on the current Instance. Events can be triggered by instance.emit. The handler will receive all the additional arguments passed into these event-triggering methods.

once(event,handler)

• Arguments:
  • {string} event
  • {Function} handler

• Usage:

  Listen for a custom event, but only once. The listener will be removed once it triggers for the first time.

off([event,handler])

• Arguments:
  • {string | Array<string>} event
  • {Function} [handler]

• Usage:

  Remove custom event listener(s).

  • If no arguments are provided, remove all event listeners;
  • If only the event is provided, remove all listeners for that event;
  • If both event and handler are given, remove the listener for that specific handler only.

emit(event,…args)

• Arguments:

  • {string} event

  • {Array<unknown>} ...args

• Usage:

  Trigger an event on the current instance. Any additional arguments will be passed into the listener’s handler function.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details