Ed

Ed allows you to make your objects event-driven. Using ed, you can hook into events of existing objects and you can extend classes to become transparently event-driven.

Example

Suppose you are required to work with an existing body of code wherein a 'User' class is defined and is essentially a black-box. You have the choice of wrapping that class or simply making its public interface event-driven!

Let's give it a try:

ed = require("ed")
 
 
# Pre-defined that we're going to consider a black box for the purpose of
# this example
class User
  constructor: (@username, @password) ->
    # Constructor logic
 
  display: ->
    (alert? or console.log)("User", { username: @username, password: @password } )
 
# Lets add some event-driven logic to this user class
User = ed.ify(User)
  .before "change:username", (event) ->
    # We want to make sure usernames conform to our app's username policy
    event.cancel() unless event.value.match(/^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]+$/i)
  .on "read:password", (event) ->
    # We want to obfuscate the password
    event.change("******")
 
# Create an instance of User.
# Note that change:* callbacks will be triggered by the constructor
# This is not an issue here because the username conforms
user = new User("ggoodman", "password")
 
# Lets try and give this user a bad username
user.username = "$$$LOLZ$$$"
 
# The new username has magically not taken effect
user.display()

Known issues:

• The toString() method returns undesirable results on classes that have been 'enhanced' through ed.ify.

TODO

• This todo list

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011 Geoffrey Goodman

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