Ref Central

A simple, 0 runtime dependencies ECMAScript module (ESM) library for lightning fast in-memory state I/O management.

ref-central is created to ease general purpose programing with unified interface, it's use case including but not limited to:

• pub/sub with state
• asynchronous I/O (Promise)
• synchronous key / value map
• mutation observer
• data cache with TTL

Leveraging native API supporting in both Web & NodeJS environments, in conjunction of Map, Array and Proxy with function callbacks, The ref-central allow accessing ref (data) anywhere in your application with just simple I/O operations

Unlike famous frameworks, ref-central currently does not provide plugin-like system or interface, though it could be added in upcoming versions.

Installation

npm install --save ref-central

Usage

It starts with creating a ref-central instance

import refCentral from "ref-central";

// API from instance
const {
  typeId, // context ID
  getRef,
  getNextRef,
  getUnsetRef,
  setRef,
  unsetRef,
  unsetAllRefs,
  whenRef,
  whenRefUnset,
  whenNextRef,
  listenRef,
  createProxy
} = refCentral(); // Creates a ref central context

pub / sub

const removeListener = listenRef("eventName", (data) => {
  // called on `setRef()`
  console.log(data); // { eventData: "some payload" }
});

...

// `setRef()` serve as `dispatch()`
setRef("eventName", { eventData: "some payload" });

// You can even get the latest event data object by getRef
console.log(getRef("eventName")); // { eventData: "some payload" }

async I/O

// Some async process...
setTimeout(() => {
  setRef("asyncRef", { asyncResource: "async" }); 
}, 100);

// You may use handy whenRef
whenRef("asyncRef").then((ref) => {
  console.log(ref); // { asyncResource: "async" }
});

// or getRef()
getRef("asyncRef", (ref) => {
  console.log(ref); // { asyncResource: "async" }
});

getRef, setRef, unsetRef, getNextRef

console.log(getRef("customData", (ref) => {
  console.log(ref); // a
})); // null

getUnsetRef("customData", (ref) => {
  console.log(ref); // d
});

whenRefUnset("customData").then((ref) => {
  console.log(ref); // d
});

setRef("customData", "a");
getRef("customData", (ref) => {
  console.log(ref); // a
});
getNextRef("customData", (ref) => {
  console.log(ref); // b
});
setRef("customData", "b");
setRef("customData", "c");
setRef("customData", "d");
unsetRef("customData");

console.log(getRef("customData")); // null

proxy

This is a syntax sugar helper leveraging native Proxy for ones who wants to use ref-central like normal object properties

const proxy = createProxy(); // default proxy to RefTypes.Any

proxy.refName = "whatever you like";

getRef("refName"); // "whatever you like"

setRef("otherRefName", "ref-central awesome!")

console.log(proxy.otherRefName); // "ref-central awesome!"

Purpose definition

• Zero run-time dependencies, can be used as soon as imported
• One time callback
• Simple as it should
• Lightning fast I/O
• Supports getting ref both sync and async
• Isolated by context
• Always return null instead of undefined when ref is not found