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An implementation of [WHATWG EventTarget interface](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#interface-eventtarget), plus few extensions. | |
- This provides `EventTarget` constructor that can inherit for your custom object. | |
- This provides an utility that defines properties of attribute listeners (e.g. `obj.onclick`). | |
```js | |
import {EventTarget, defineEventAttribute} from "event-target-shim" | |
class Foo extends EventTarget { | |
// ... | |
} | |
// Define `foo.onhello` property. | |
defineEventAttribute(Foo.prototype, "hello") | |
// Use | |
const foo = new Foo() | |
foo.addEventListener("hello", e => console.log("hello", e)) | |
foo.onhello = e => console.log("onhello:", e) | |
foo.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("hello")) | |
``` | |
## 💿 Installation | |
Use [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) to install then use a bundler. | |
``` | |
npm install event-target-shim | |
``` | |
Or download from [`dist` directory](./dist). | |
- [dist/event-target-shim.mjs](dist/event-target-shim.mjs) ... ES modules version. | |
- [dist/event-target-shim.js](dist/event-target-shim.js) ... Common JS version. | |
- [dist/event-target-shim.umd.js](dist/event-target-shim.umd.js) ... UMD (Universal Module Definition) version. This is transpiled by [Babel](https://babeljs.io/) for IE 11. | |
## 📖 Usage | |
```js | |
import {EventTarget, defineEventAttribute} from "event-target-shim" | |
// or | |
const {EventTarget, defineEventAttribute} = require("event-target-shim") | |
// or UMD version defines a global variable: | |
const {EventTarget, defineEventAttribute} = window.EventTargetShim | |
``` | |
### EventTarget | |
> https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#interface-eventtarget | |
#### eventTarget.addEventListener(type, callback, options) | |
Register an event listener. | |
- `type` is a string. This is the event name to register. | |
- `callback` is a function. This is the event listener to register. | |
- `options` is a boolean or an object `{ capture?: boolean, passive?: boolean, once?: boolean }`. If this is a boolean, it's same meaning as `{ capture: options }`. | |
- `capture` is the flag to register the event listener for capture phase. | |
- `passive` is the flag to ignore `event.preventDefault()` method in the event listener. | |
- `once` is the flag to remove the event listener automatically after the first call. | |
#### eventTarget.removeEventListener(type, callback, options) | |
Unregister an event listener. | |
- `type` is a string. This is the event name to unregister. | |
- `callback` is a function. This is the event listener to unregister. | |
- `options` is a boolean or an object `{ capture?: boolean }`. If this is a boolean, it's same meaning as `{ capture: options }`. | |
- `capture` is the flag to register the event listener for capture phase. | |
#### eventTarget.dispatchEvent(event) | |
Dispatch an event. | |
- `event` is a [Event](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#event) object or an object `{ type: string, [key: string]: any }`. The latter is non-standard but useful. In both cases, listeners receive the event as implementing [Event](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#event) interface. | |
### defineEventAttribute(proto, type) | |
Define an event attribute (e.g. `onclick`) to `proto`. This is non-standard. | |
- `proto` is an object (assuming it's a prototype object). This function defines a getter/setter pair for the event attribute. | |
- `type` is a string. This is the event name to define. | |
For example: | |
```js | |
class AbortSignal extends EventTarget { | |
constructor() { | |
this.aborted = false | |
} | |
} | |
// Define `onabort` property. | |
defineEventAttribute(AbortSignal.prototype, "abort") | |
``` | |
### EventTarget(types) | |
Define a custom `EventTarget` class with event attributes. This is non-standard. | |
- `types` is a string or an array of strings. This is the event name to define. | |
For example: | |
```js | |
// This has `onabort` property. | |
class AbortSignal extends EventTarget("abort") { | |
constructor() { | |
this.aborted = false | |
} | |
} | |
``` | |
## 📚 Examples | |
### ES2015 and later | |
> https://jsfiddle.net/636vea92/ | |
```js | |
const {EventTarget, defineEventAttribute} = EventTargetShim | |
// Define a derived class. | |
class Foo extends EventTarget { | |
// ... | |
} | |
// Define `foo.onhello` property. | |
defineEventAttribute(Foo.prototype, "hello") | |
// Register event listeners. | |
const foo = new Foo() | |
foo.addEventListener("hello", (e) => { | |
console.log("hello", e) | |
}) | |
foo.onhello = (e) => { | |
console.log("onhello", e) | |
} | |
// Dispatching events | |
foo.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("hello", { detail: "detail" })) | |
``` | |
### Typescript | |
```ts | |
import { EventTarget, defineEventAttribute } from "event-target-shim"; | |
// Define events | |
type FooEvents = { | |
hello: CustomEvent | |
} | |
type FooEventAttributes = { | |
onhello: CustomEvent | |
} | |
// Define a derived class. | |
class Foo extends EventTarget<FooEvents, FooEventAttributes> { | |
// ... | |
} | |
// Define `foo.onhello` property's implementation. | |
defineEventAttribute(Foo.prototype, "hello") | |
// Register event listeners. | |
const foo = new Foo() | |
foo.addEventListener("hello", (e) => { | |
console.log("hello", e.detail) | |
}) | |
foo.onhello = (e) => { | |
console.log("onhello", e.detail) | |
} | |
// Dispatching events | |
foo.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("hello", { detail: "detail" })) | |
``` | |
Unfortunately, both `FooEvents` and `FooEventAttributes` are needed because TypeScript doesn't allow the mutation of string literal types. If TypeScript allowed us to compute `"onhello"` from `"hello"` in types, `FooEventAttributes` will be optional. | |
This `EventTarget` type is compatible with `EventTarget` interface of `lib.dom.d.ts`. | |
#### To disallow unknown events | |
By default, methods such as `addEventListener` accept unknown events. You can disallow unknown events by the third type parameter `"strict"`. | |
```ts | |
type FooEvents = { | |
hello: CustomEvent | |
} | |
class Foo extends EventTarget<FooEvents, {}, "strict"> { | |
// ... | |
} | |
// OK because `hello` is defined in FooEvents. | |
foo.addEventListener("hello", (e) => { | |
}) | |
// Error because `unknown` is not defined in FooEvents. | |
foo.addEventListener("unknown", (e) => { | |
}) | |
``` | |
However, if you use `"strict"` parameter, it loses compatibility with `EventTarget` interface of `lib.dom.d.ts`. | |
#### To infer the type of `dispatchEvent()` method | |
TypeScript cannot infer the event type of `dispatchEvent()` method properly from the argument in most cases. You can improve this behavior with the following steps: | |
1. Use the third type parameter `"strict"`. This prevents inferring to `dispatchEvent<string>()`. | |
2. Make the `type` property of event definitions stricter. | |
```ts | |
type FooEvents = { | |
hello: CustomEvent & { type: "hello" } | |
hey: Event & { type: "hey" } | |
} | |
class Foo extends EventTarget<FooEvents, {}, "strict"> { | |
// ... | |
} | |
// Error because `detail` property is lacking. | |
foo.dispatchEvent({ type: "hello" }) | |
``` | |
### ES5 | |
> https://jsfiddle.net/522zc9de/ | |
```js | |
// Define a derived class. | |
function Foo() { | |
EventTarget.call(this) | |
} | |
Foo.prototype = Object.create(EventTarget.prototype, { | |
constructor: { value: Foo, configurable: true, writable: true } | |
// ... | |
}) | |
// Define `foo.onhello` property. | |
defineEventAttribute(Foo.prototype, "hello") | |
// Register event listeners. | |
var foo = new Foo() | |
foo.addEventListener("hello", function(e) { | |
console.log("hello", e) | |
}) | |
foo.onhello = function(e) { | |
console.log("onhello", e) | |
} | |
// Dispatching events | |
function isSupportEventConstrucor() { // IE does not support. | |
try { | |
new CusomEvent("hello") | |
return true | |
} catch (_err) { | |
return false | |
} | |
} | |
if (isSupportEventConstrucor()) { | |
foo.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("hello", { detail: "detail" })) | |
} else { | |
var e = document.createEvent("CustomEvent") | |
e.initCustomEvent("hello", false, false, "detail") | |
foo.dispatchEvent(e) | |
} | |
``` | |
## 📰 Changelog | |
- See [GitHub releases](https://github.com/mysticatea/event-target-shim/releases). | |
## 🍻 Contributing | |
Contributing is welcome ❤️ | |
Please use GitHub issues/PRs. | |
### Development tools | |
- `npm install` installs dependencies for development. | |
- `npm test` runs tests and measures code coverage. | |
- `npm run clean` removes temporary files of tests. | |
- `npm run coverage` opens code coverage of the previous test with your default browser. | |
- `npm run lint` runs ESLint. | |
- `npm run build` generates `dist` codes. | |
- `npm run watch` runs tests on each file change. | |