new Emitter()
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An ChatEngine generic emitter that supports plugins and duplicates events on the root emitter.
Extends
Methods
off(event)
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Stop a callback from listening to an event.
Example
let callback = function(payload;) {
console.log('something happend!');
};
object.on('event', callback);
// ...
object.off('event', callback);Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
event |
String | The event name |
on(event, cb)
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Listen for a specific event and fire a callback when it's emitted. Supports wildcard matching.
Example
// Get notified whenever someone joins the room
object.on('event', (payload) => {
console.log('event was fired').
})
// Get notified of event.a and event.b
object.on('event.*', (payload) => {
console.log('event.a or event.b was fired').;
})Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
event |
String | The event name |
cb |
function | The function to run when the event is emitted |
onAny(callback)
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Listen for any event on this object and fire a callback when it's emitted
Example
object.onAny((event, payload) => {
console.log('All events trigger this.');
});Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
callback |
function | The function to run when any event is emitted. First parameter is the event name and second is the payload. |
once(event, callback)
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Listen for an event and only fire the callback a single time
Example
object.once('message', => (event, payload) {
console.log('This is only fired once!');
});Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
event |
String | The event name |
callback |
function | The function to run once |
plugin(module)
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Binds a plugin to this object
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
module |
Object | The plugin module |