'use strict' var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter /** * A CorkedEmitter is a variant of an EventEmitter where events emitted * wait for the appearance of the first listener of any kind. That is, * a CorkedEmitter will store all .emit()s it receives, to be replayed * later when an .on() is applied. * It is meant for situations where the consumers of the emitter are * unable to register listeners right away, and cannot afford to miss * any events emitted from the start. * Note that, whenever the first emitter (for any event) appears, * the emitter becomes uncorked and works as usual for ALL events, and * will not cache anything anymore. This is necessary to avoid * re-ordering emits - either everything is being buffered, or nothing. */ function CorkedEmitter () { var self = this EventEmitter.call(self) /** * An array of arguments objects (array-likes) to emit on open. */ self._outstandingEmits = [] /** * Whether the normal flow of emits is restored yet. */ self._opened = false // When the first listener appears, we enqueue an opening. // It is not done immediately, so that other listeners can be // registered in the same critical section. self.once('newListener', function () { setImmediate(function releaseStoredEvents () { self._opened = true self._outstandingEmits.forEach(function (args) { self.emit.apply(self, args) }) }) }) } CorkedEmitter.prototype = Object.create(EventEmitter.prototype) CorkedEmitter.prototype.emit = function emit (eventName) { if (this._opened || eventName === 'newListener') { EventEmitter.prototype.emit.apply(this, arguments) } else { this._outstandingEmits.push(arguments) } } module.exports = CorkedEmitter