Observers

A light implementation of JavaScript observables

Installation

npm install observers --save

Sample

import obs = require('observers');

var obj = obs.observe({ key: 'value' });
assert(obj().key === 'value');

obj.subscribe(val => assert(val.key === 'newvalue'));
obj({ key: 'newvalue' }); 


var array = obs.observeArray(['a', 'b', 'c']);

assert(array.join('') === 'abc');

array.push('d');

array.find(v => v === 'a'); // 'a'

array.findIndex(v => v === 'd'); // 3

array.filter(v => v < 'c'); // '['a', 'b']

array.map(v => v === 'd' ? 'e' : v); // ['a', 'b', 'c', 'e']

array.remove(v => v > 'c'); // ['a', 'b', 'c']

// ...

API

observe

function <T>observe(value?: T): Observable<T>;

// Example
var anObservable = obs.observe(5);
var another = obs.observe(5);
another(7);

observeArray

function <T>observeArray(values?: Array<T>): ObservableArray<T>;

// Example
var obsArray = obs.observeArray([1,2,3,4,5,6]);

computed

Computed observables that depend on other observables (object, array or computed) will re-evaluate when their dependent observables are modifed.
See the below example:

function <T>computed(evaluator: () => T): Computed<T>;

// Example (using above example values)
var comp = obs.computed(() => anObservable() + another()); // 12
comp.subscribe(value => console.log(`My computed changed to ${value}`);
another(9); // Will cause the computed to re-evaluate and notify subscribers 

Shared functions

All observables (Obervable, ObservableArray, Computed) have the following functions:

getter

Returns the current value of an observable with no side effects

function (): any;

// Example
var someNumber = obs.observe(12);
someNumber(); // Returns 12 with no side effects

subscribe

Takes a function that will be called with the new value of an observable

function subscribe(func: (newValue: T) => void): void;

// Example
someComputed.subscribe(newValue => $.post('/api/something', { data: newValue });

removeSubscribers

Remove all listener functions on a specific observable.
Warning: May have undesirable side effects.

function removeSubscribers();

// Example
someObservable.removeSubscribers();

Supported array functions

every

function every(predicate: (value: T) => boolean): boolean;

find

function find(predicate: (value: T) => boolean): T;

findIndex

function findIndex(predicate: (value: T) => boolean): number;

filter

function filter(predicate: (value: T) => boolean): Array<T>;

join

function join(seperator?: string): string;

map

function map(predicate: (value: T) => any): Array<any>;

pop

function pop(): T;

push

function push(value: T): number;

reverse

function reverse(): Array<T>;

reduce

function reduce(predicate: (previous: U, current: T, index: number, array: Array<T>) => U): U;

remove

Returns an array of the removed items

function remove(predicate: (value: T) => boolean): Array<T>;

removeAll

Returns an array of the removed items

function removeAll(): Array<T>;

removeSubscribers

Clears the list of subscribers

function removeSubscribers(): void;

shift

function shift(): number;

slice

function slice(start?: number, end?: number): Array<T>;

sort

function sort(comparer: (left: T, right: T) => number|boolean): Array<T>;

splice

function splice(start?: number, end?: number): Array<T>;

subscribe

Subscribes to changes to the observable

function subscribe(callback: (newValue: Array<T>) => void): void;

some

function some(predicate: (value: T) => boolean): boolean;

unshift

function unshift(...values: T[]): number;

update

Returns the newValue if successful.
Returns undefined if unsuccessful.

function update(predicate: (value: T) => boolean, newValue: T): T;