co-on

co based event handling.

usage

var co = require('co');
var on = require('co-on');

co(function*() {
  var db = require('db');
  db.connect('localhost/example');
  yield on(db, 'connect');
  console.log('connect success.');
});

var co = require('co');
var on = require('co-on');
var fs = require('fs');

co(function*() {
  var stream = fs.createReadStream('sample.txt').resume();
  var e = on(stream)

  var data = '';
  while (!e.emitted('end')) {
    var chunk = yield e.on('data', 'end');
    if (chunk) {
      data += chunk;
    }
  }
  console.log(data);
});

api

var e = on(emitter, [...types]);

• args
  • emitter
    • EventEmitter instance.
  • ...types
    • event names.
• return
  • thunk or co-on object.

yield e.on(...types)

• args
  • ...types
    • event names.
      • see usage.
• return
  • EventEmitter#emit(type, ...);

e.emitted(type)

• args
  • type
    • event name.
• return
  • whether event was already emitted (and buffer is empty).

todo

• error event handling.