diff --git a/snippets/createEventHub.md b/snippets/createEventHub.md index c0530a7bd..decc156b7 100644 --- a/snippets/createEventHub.md +++ b/snippets/createEventHub.md @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Creates a pub/sub ([publish–subscribe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish%E2%80%93subscribe_pattern)) event hub with `emit`, `on`, and `off` methods. +Instantiate a new `Map` object to allow any event type (including objects) to be the key, and also so object prototype property names are not resolved. + For `emit`, resolve the array of handlers based on the `event` argument and then run each one with `Array.forEach()` by passing in the data as an argument. @@ -12,25 +14,29 @@ For `off`, use `Array.findIndex()` to find the index of the handler in the event ```js const createEventHub = () => ({ - hub: {}, + hub: new Map(), emit(event, data) { - (this.hub[event] || []).forEach(handler => handler(data)); + (this.hub.get(event) || []).forEach(handler => handler(data)); }, on(event, handler) { - if (!this.hub[event]) this.hub[event] = []; - this.hub[event].push(handler); + if (!this.hub.get(event)) this.hub.set(event, []); + this.hub.get(event).push(handler); }, off(event, handler) { - const i = (this.hub[event] || []).findIndex(h => h === handler); - if (i > -1) this.hub[event].splice(i, 1); + const i = (this.hub.get(event) || []).findIndex(h => h === handler); + if (i > -1) this.hub.get(event).splice(i, 1); } }); ``` ```js -const hub = createEventHub(); const fn = data => console.log(data); +const obj = {}; + +const hub = createEventHub(); hub.on('message', fn); // subscribe a handler to listen for 'message' events +hub.on(obj, fn); // subscribe a handler to listen for the object hub.emit('message', 'hello!'); // console logs 'hello!' -hub.off('message', fn); // unsubscribe our handler from 'message' +hub.emit(obj, 'hello!'); // console logs 'hello' +hub.off('message', fn); // unsubscribe our handler from 'message', the obj event will still work ```