cordova-common/src/events.js

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var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;

var INSTANCE = new EventEmitter();
INSTANCE.setMaxListeners(20);
var EVENTS_RECEIVER;

module.exports = INSTANCE;

/**
 * Sets up current instance to forward emitted events to another EventEmitter
 *   instance.
 *
 * @param   {EventEmitter}  [eventEmitter]  The emitter instance to forward
 *   events to. Falsy value, when passed, disables forwarding.
 */
module.exports.forwardEventsTo = function (eventEmitter) {

    // If no argument is specified disable events forwarding
    if (!eventEmitter) {
        EVENTS_RECEIVER = undefined;
        return;
    }

    if (!(eventEmitter instanceof EventEmitter)) { throw new Error('Cordova events can be redirected to another EventEmitter instance only'); }

    // CB-10940 Skipping forwarding to self to avoid infinite recursion.
    // This is the case when the modules are npm-linked.
    if (this !== eventEmitter) {
        EVENTS_RECEIVER = eventEmitter;
    } else {
        // Reset forwarding if we are subscribing to self
        EVENTS_RECEIVER = undefined;
    }
};

var emit = INSTANCE.emit;

/**
 * This method replaces original 'emit' method to allow events forwarding.
 *
 * @return  {eventEmitter}  Current instance to allow calls chaining, as
 *   original 'emit' does
 */
module.exports.emit = function () {

    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);

    if (EVENTS_RECEIVER) {
        EVENTS_RECEIVER.emit.apply(EVENTS_RECEIVER, args);
    }

    return emit.apply(this, args);
};