dot-event

Powerful event emitter.

Install

npm install --save dot-event

Start simple

Part of the beauty of the dot-event API is that it can shrink down to incredibly simple functionality.

Here we have the simplest possible subscriber and emitter:

import dotEvent from "dot-event"

const events = dotEvent()

events.on(() => {
  /* do something */
})

events.emit()

Subscription listeners can be asynchronous:

events.on(async () => {})

await events.emit()

The emitter returns a promise that waits for all listeners to resolve concurrently.

Dot-props

Use dot-props to maintain distinct subscriptions:

events.on("emit.hello.world", () => {})

events.emit("hello.world") // emits
events.emit() // doesn't emit

Dot-props come in handy with the onAny subscriber, which subscribes to a dot-prop and its child props:

events.onAny("emit.hello", () => {})

events.emit("hello") // emits
events.emit("hello.world") // emits
events.emit() // doesn't emit

Operations

You might be confused why this subscription prop is emit.hello:

events.on("emit.hello", () => {})

events.emit("hello") // emits

This is because emit is an "operation", and you can have more than one.

First, define your custom operation:

events.setOp("create")

Then use it:

events.on("create", () => {})

events.create() // emits the create operation

Subscription listener argument

Subscription listeners receive a single object argument. To add to that object, pass an object to the emitter:

events.on(({ hello }) => {
  /* hello === "world" */
})

events.emit({ hello: "world" })

The listener argument also contains an event property with extra information, such as the emitter arguments:

events.on(({ event }) => {
  /* event.args === [true] */
})

events.emit(true)

Prepositions (before or after)

Subscribe to before or after the main subscription listener:

events.on("before", () => {
  /* 1 */
})
events.on(() => {
  /* 2 */
})
events.on("after", () => {
  /* 3 */
})

events.emit()

More subscribers

On any

Subscribe to any emit:

events.onAny(() => {})

events.emit() // emits
events.emit("hello") // emits
events.emit("hello.world") // emits

When used with a dot-prop, it subscribes to any child prop emit:

events.onAny("emit.hello", () => {})

events.emit("hello") // emits
events.emit("hello.world") // emits
events.emit() // doesn't emit

On emitted

Like on, but emit immediately if a previous emit occurred:

events.emit()

events.onEmitted(() => {}) // emits immediately

events.emit() // emits

On any emitted

Like onAny, but emit immediately if a previous emit occurred:

events.emit("hello.world")

events.onAnyEmitted("emit.hello", () => {}) // emits immediately

events.emit("hello.world") // emits
events.emit() // doesn't emit

Once

events.once(() => {})

events.emit() // emits
events.emit() // doesn't emit

Once emitted

Like once, but emit immediately if a previous emit occurred:

events.emit()

events.onceEmitted(() => {}) // emits immediately

events.emit() // doesn't emit

Once any

A combination of once and onAny:

events.onceAny("emit.hello", () => {})

events.emit("hello.world") // emits
events.emit("hello.world") // doesn't emit

Once any emitted

A combination of once, onAny, and onEmitted:

events.emit("hello.world")

events.onceAnyEmitted("emit.hello", () => {}) // emits immediately

events.emit("hello.world") // doesn't emit

Subscriber shorthand

Build lots of dot-prop subscriptions at once:

events.on({
  "emit.hello": () => {},
  "emit.hello.world": () => {},
})

Test matrix

Function	Features	Empty	Props	Wildcard	Prop variable	Wildcard op
after	Subscribes to after emit	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
before	Subscribes to before emit	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
emit	Emits	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
on	Subscribes	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
onAny	Subscribes to child props	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
onAnyEmitted	Subscribes to child prop Emit immediately if emitted	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
onEmitted	Emit immediately if emitted	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
once	Subscribes once Returns promise	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
onceAny	Subscribes to child props once Returns promise	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
onceAnyEmitted	Subscribes to child props once Emit immediately if emitted Returns promise	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
onceEmitted	Subscribes to child props once Emit immediately if emitted Returns promise	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
withOptions	Adds options to emit Adds options to subscribe	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗