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Event Emitter

Simple Event Emitter or PubSub pattern

class Event {
constructor() {
this.events = {};
}
subscribe(event, handler) {
this.events[event] = this.events[event] || [];
this.events[event].push(handler);
return () => this.unSubscribe(event, handler)
}
unSubscribe(event, handler) {
const handlers = this.events[event];
if (handlers && Array.isArray(handlers)) {
for (let i = 0; i < handlers.length; i++) {
if (handlers[i] === handler) {
handlers.splice(i, 1);
break;
}
}
}
}
emit(event, ...args) {
(this.events[event] || []).forEach((handler) => {
handler(...args);
});
}
}

Usage

// Create a global instance in your app
const globalEvent = new Event()
const handler1 = data => console.log(`handler1(): FOO event emiited with data: ${data}`)
const handler2 = data => console.log(`handler2(): FOO event emiited with data: ${data}`)
// Subscribe to event
globalEvent.subscribe('FOO', handler1)
globalEvent.subscribe('FOO', handler2)
// Emit event when needed
globalEvent.emit('FOO', 'foo')
// Expected:
// handler1(): FOO event emiited with data: foo
// handler2(): FOO event emiited with data: foo
// Unsubscribe event
globalEvent.unSubscribe('FOO', handler2)
// Then
globalEvent.emit('FOO', 'bar')
// Expected:
// handler1(): FOO event emiited with data: bar