1 | # EventEmitter3
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3 | [![Version npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/eventemitter3.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/eventemitter3)[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/primus/eventemitter3/master.svg?style=flat-square)](https://travis-ci.org/primus/eventemitter3)[![Dependencies](https://img.shields.io/david/primus/eventemitter3.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/primus/eventemitter3)[![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/primus/eventemitter3/master.svg?style=flat-square)](https://coveralls.io/r/primus/eventemitter3?branch=master)[![IRC channel](https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC-irc.freenode.net%23primus-00a8ff.svg?style=flat-square)](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=primus)
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4 |
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5 | [![Sauce Test Status](https://saucelabs.com/browser-matrix/eventemitter3.svg)](https://saucelabs.com/u/eventemitter3)
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6 |
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7 | EventEmitter3 is a high performance EventEmitter. It has been micro-optimized
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8 | for various of code paths making this, one of, if not the fastest EventEmitter
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9 | available for Node.js and browsers. The module is API compatible with the
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10 | EventEmitter that ships by default with Node.js but there are some slight
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11 | differences:
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12 |
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13 | - Domain support has been removed.
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14 | - We do not `throw` an error when you emit an `error` event and nobody is
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15 | listening.
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16 | - The `newListener` and `removeListener` events have been removed as they
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17 | are useful only in some uncommon use-cases.
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18 | - The `setMaxListeners`, `getMaxListeners`, `prependListener` and
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19 | `prependOnceListener` methods are not available.
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20 | - Support for custom context for events so there is no need to use `fn.bind`.
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21 | - The `removeListener` method removes all matching listeners, not only the
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22 | first.
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23 |
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24 | It's a drop in replacement for existing EventEmitters, but just faster. Free
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25 | performance, who wouldn't want that? The EventEmitter is written in EcmaScript 3
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26 | so it will work in the oldest browsers and node versions that you need to
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27 | support.
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28 |
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29 | ## Installation
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30 |
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31 | ```bash
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32 | $ npm install --save eventemitter3
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33 | ```
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34 |
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35 | ## CDN
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36 |
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37 | Recommended CDN:
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38 |
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39 | ```text
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40 | https://unpkg.com/eventemitter3@latest/umd/eventemitter3.min.js
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41 | ```
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42 |
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43 | ## Usage
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44 |
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45 | After installation the only thing you need to do is require the module:
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46 |
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47 | ```js
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48 | var EventEmitter = require('eventemitter3');
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49 | ```
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50 |
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51 | And you're ready to create your own EventEmitter instances. For the API
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52 | documentation, please follow the official Node.js documentation:
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53 |
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54 | http://nodejs.org/api/events.html
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55 |
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56 | ### Contextual emits
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57 |
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58 | We've upgraded the API of the `EventEmitter.on`, `EventEmitter.once` and
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59 | `EventEmitter.removeListener` to accept an extra argument which is the `context`
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60 | or `this` value that should be set for the emitted events. This means you no
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61 | longer have the overhead of an event that required `fn.bind` in order to get a
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62 | custom `this` value.
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63 |
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64 | ```js
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65 | var EE = new EventEmitter()
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66 | , context = { foo: 'bar' };
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67 |
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68 | function emitted() {
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69 | console.log(this === context); // true
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70 | }
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71 |
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72 | EE.once('event-name', emitted, context);
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73 | EE.on('another-event', emitted, context);
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74 | EE.removeListener('another-event', emitted, context);
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75 | ```
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76 |
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77 | ### Tests and benchmarks
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78 |
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79 | This module is well tested. You can run:
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80 |
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81 | - `npm test` to run the tests under Node.js.
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82 | - `npm run test-browser` to run the tests in real browsers via Sauce Labs.
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83 |
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84 | We also have a set of benchmarks to compare EventEmitter3 with some available
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85 | alternatives. To run the benchmarks run `npm run benchmark`.
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86 |
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87 | Tests and benchmarks are not included in the npm package. If you want to play
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88 | with them you have to clone the GitHub repository.
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89 | Note that you will have to run an additional `npm i` in the benchmarks folder
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90 | before `npm run benchmark`.
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91 |
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92 | ## License
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93 |
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94 | [MIT](LICENSE)
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