auto-plex

Generic Multiplexing for Objects in JS ( with some expected indirection inefficiencies )

Installation

npm install auto-plex

Usage

An Explicit Events Example:

    // given:
    // myEmitter (an instance of the Emitter interface)
    // an object anObject, which has an Emitter at .someEmitter
    // an object anotherObject, which has an Emitter at .someEmitter
    // an object aThirdObject, which has an Emitter at .someEmitter
    var multi = new Plex({
        bubbleup : [
            ['someEmitter', [ //the member name
                'my-event', //the event name
            ]]
        ],
        emitter : myEmitter
    });
    multi.plex(anObject);
    multi.plex(anotherObject);
    multi.plex(aThirdObject);
    myEmitter.on('my-event', function(event){

    });
    anObject.someEmitter.emit('my-event', {something:'consistent'});
    anotherObject.someEmitter.emit('my-event', {something:'consistent'});
    aThirdObject.someEmitter.emit('my-event', {something:'consistent'});
    //'my-event' is now triggered on myEmitter

An Asynchronous Callback Functions Example:

    // given:
    // a Function .someMember which takes some args and a callback function
    // an object anObject, which has a Function .someMember
    // an object anotherObject, which has a Function .someMember
    // an object aThirdObject, which has a Function .someMember
    var multi = new Plex();
    multi.plex(anObject);
    multi.plex(anotherObject);
    multi.plex(aThirdObject);
    multi.someMember(arg1, ... argN, function([anReturn, anotherReturn, aThirdReturn]){

    });

A Synchronous Returns Example:

    // given:
    // a Function .someMember which takes some args and returns a value
    // an object anObject, which has a Function .someMember
    // an object anotherObject, which has a Function .someMember
    // an object aThirdObject, which has a Function .someMember
    var multi = new Plex();
    multi.plex(anObject);
    multi.plex(anotherObject);
    multi.plex(aThirdObject);
    var results = multi.someMember(arg1, ... argN);
    // results[0] contains anObject return;
    // results[1] contains anotherObject return;
    // results[2] contains aThirdObject return;

A Promises Example:

    // given:
    // a Function .someMember which takes some args and returns a promise
    // an object anObject, which has a Function .someMember
    // an object anotherObject, which has a Function .someMember
    // an object aThirdObject, which has a Function .someMember
    var multi = new Plex();
    multi.plex(anObject);
    multi.plex(anotherObject);
    multi.plex(aThirdObject);
    multi.someMember(arg1, ... argN).then(function(anReturn, anotherReturn, aThirdReturn){

    });

Legacy Support

If you're working with an older version of Node that doesn't include proxies, you need to recite the ancient words:

    if(!global.Proxy) global.Proxy = require('node-proxy');

Testing

Just run:

    npm run test

Roadmap

• Explicit Events
• Asynchronous Callback Functions
• Asynchronous Promise Functions
• Synchronous Functions
• Generic Events (danger!)
• Arg transpose (make args stack with the same sig as FN)