DoxJS

DoxJS is a very easy state management library, it's written in Typescript.

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Install

yarn

yarn add doxjs

npm

npm install doxjs

Term

listener is used to monitor changes in data, and listener is called when the data changes. action is used to generate data changes. In general, data changes should not be produced in listener, and also in action, data should not be monitored.

API

dox = new DoxJS(target: T extends object);

Generating a DoxJS instance, you should notice that target should be an object, not string,array, etc.

    let dox = new DoxJS({
        name: "Double Dimos",
        age: 20,
        information: {
            sex: "male",
            weight: "55kg",
            height: "1.7m"
        },
        interesting: ["game", "animate", "film", "music", "food"]
    });

dox.observe(): DoxProxy;

dox.observe() will return a DoxProxy instance. Say again, you just need to treat DoxProxy as target which you passed to new DoxJS(target).

When you change the variables on the DoxProxy, the subscriped function that uses these variables will be called.

For arrays, we provide a partial mutation method, which you can see in core.ts. You can manually call Array.prototype for mutable methods that are not provided.

    let store = dox.observe();

    console.log(store);
    /*
    will print in the console
    {
        name: "Double Dimos",
        age: 20,
        information: {
            sex: "male",
            weight: "55kg",
            height: "1.7m"
        },
        interesting: ["game", "animate", "film", "music", "food"]
    }
    */

dox.bindActions(actions: { [key: string]: Function })

dox.bindActions(actions) is using for binding some actions. This API needs to be used in conjunction with dispatch. Focus on below example.

    let dox = new DoxJS({
        value: 0
    });

    /* actions should be [key:stirng]: DoxCallback */
    const actions = {
        inc: (store, value = 1) => {
            store.value += value
        },
        dec: (store, value = 1) => {
            store.value -= value;
        }
    }

    dox.bindActions(actions);
    // the you can use `dox.dispatch`, see document of `dispatch` for more information

dox.dispatch(action: string, ...args: any[])

After you have called dox.bindActions, you can use dispatch to dispatch an action with some argumets. See example above. First parameter is the name of the action, followed by optional parameters. These parameters will be passed to the specified action event.

DoxProxy can only be obtained by dox.observe(). dox is the instance of DoxJS.

    /* after you called `bindActions` */

    dox.subscribe((store) => {
        console.log(`now, value is ${store.value}`);
    });

    dox.dispatch("inc", 2);//now, value is 2
    dox.dispatch("dec", 3);// now, value is -1

dox.bindListeners(listeners: { [key: string]: (store: T) => void });

Using for binding listeners. This API needs to be used in conjunction with subscribe. See below example:

const listeners = {
    display: function(store) {
        // `this` is `document` here, why? see below example of second useage of `subscribe`
        this.appendChild(`<h3>${store.value}</h3>`);
    }
}

dox.bindListeners(listeners);

Something you should know is that listener shouldn't be an arrow function. Why? Because dox uses Function.prototype.bind to apply this, but arrow function can't redefine this.

dox.subscribe(listener: {(store: T) => void}, excuteLater?: boolean = false);

subscribe a listener. listener should be an callback function. When the callback function is called, it will accept a DoxProxy as parameter. DoxProxy is same as target, but DoxProxy is redefined, you needn't know how it works. You just need treat DoxProxy as target which you passed to new DoxJS(target). When will the callback function be called? When the dependent variable in the callback function changes.

 // bind an `listener` no matter whether you called `bindListeners` or not.
 // you can use arrow function here
dox.subscribe((store) => {
    console.log(store.value);
});

excuteLater is a boolean, it was set up as false by default. If you pass excuteLater as true, subscribe will return a function. You can manually call the returned function. So why keep this parameter? It's easy to understand. Because when you subscribe a function, this function will be called immediately by default. Why? Because DoxJS needs to determine which variables are referenced in current subscribed function, so that it can be called again when these variables change.

    let dox = new DoxJS({
        value: 0
    });

    dox.subscribe((store) => {
        console.log(store.value);
    }); // it will run immediately


    // it's same with codes above

    let fn = dox.subscribe((store) => {
        console.log(store.value);
    }, true); // it will not run immediately unless you call fn

    fn();

dox.subscribe(listenerName: string, excuteLater: boolean = false, context: C);

This API needs to be used in conjunction with bindListeners.

There are two methods of calling subscribe. If first parameter is an callback function, it means that you subscribe a listener. If first parameter is a string, subscribe will try to search the callback function that corresponds to this listenerName. Where to search it? That's the useage of bindListeners.

The third parameter is using for binding context for callback function. It is valid only when the first parameter is ListenerName. This parameter works when you want to use the this variable in the callback function. See example of bindListeners.

// this API should be called after you called `bindListeners`
// focus on the third parameter, now you can understand why `this` in callback function named `display` is document
dox.subscribe("display", false, document);

dox.subscribe(callback: Function, excuteLater?: boolean = false);

Callback function don't rely on any variable in DoxProxy, and doxjs will not pass store to the callback function. And the callback function will excute when any variable of DoxProxy changes. As if it relied on all variables of DoxProxy.

    // you can see, the callback function don't rely on any variable
    // and it will be called when any variable changes
    dox.subscribe(() => {
        console.log(`data changed at ${(new Date()).toLocaleString()}`);
    });

an example

a tiny example showing useage of DoxJS, click here