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scriptcraft/src/main/js/lib/events.js
walterhiggins a4968d8dc6 Events handling changes. Added new convenience functions to events module
to make event handling easier still for newbies
2014-04-26 16:56:57 +01:00

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JavaScript

'use strict';
/************************************************************************
## events Module
The Events module provides a thin wrapper around Bukkit's
Event-handling API. Bukkit's Events API makes use of Java Annotations
which are not available in Javascript, so this module provides a
simple way to listen to minecraft events in javascript.
### events.on() static method
This method is used to register event listeners.
#### Parameters
* eventName - A string or java class. If a string is supplied it must
be part of the Bukkit event class name. See [Bukkit API][buk] for
details of the many bukkit event types. When a string is supplied
there is no need to provide the full class name - you should omit
the 'org.bukkit.event' prefix. e.g. if the string
"block.BlockBreakEvent" is supplied then it's converted to the
org.bukkit.event.block.BlockBreakEvent class .
If a java class is provided (say in the case where you've defined
your own custom event) then provide the full class name (without
enclosing quotes).
* callback - A function which will be called whenever the event
fires. The callback should take a single parameter, event (the event fired).
* priority (optional - default: "HIGHEST") - The priority the
listener/callback takes over other listeners to the same
event. Possible values are "HIGH", "HIGHEST", "LOW", "LOWEST",
"NORMAL", "MONITOR". For an explanation of what the different
priorities mean refer to bukkit's [Event API Reference][buk2].
#### Returns
An object which can be used to unregister the listener.
#### Example:
The following code will print a message on screen every time a block is broken in the game
```javascript
events.on( 'block.BlockBreakEvent', function( evt ) {
evt.player.sendMessage( evt.player.name + ' broke a block!');
} );
```
To handle an event only once and unregister from further events...
```javascript
events.on( 'block.BlockBreakEvent', function( evt ) {
evt.player.sendMessage( evt.player.name + ' broke a block!');
this.unregister();
} );
The `this` keyword when used inside the callback function refers to
the Listener object created by ScriptCraft. It has a single method
`unregister()` which can be used to stop listening. This is the same
object which is returned by the `events.on()` function.
To unregister a listener *outside* of the listener function...
```javascript
var myBlockBreakListener = events.on( 'block.BlockBreakEvent', function( evt ) { ... } );
...
myBlockBreakListener.unregister();
```
To listen for events using a full class name as the `eventName` parameter...
```javascript
events.on( org.bukkit.event.block.BlockBreakEvent, function( evt ) {
evt.player.sendMessage( evt.player.name + ' broke a block!');
} );
```
[buk2]: http://wiki.bukkit.org/Event_API_Reference
[buk]: http://jd.bukkit.org/dev/apidocs/index.html?org/bukkit/event/Event.html
***/
var helper = require('events-helper');
for ( var func in helper ) {
exports[func] = helper[func];
};
var bkEventPriority = org.bukkit.event.EventPriority,
bkEventExecutor = org.bukkit.plugin.EventExecutor,
bkRegisteredListener = org.bukkit.plugin.RegisteredListener,
bkEventPackage = 'org.bukkit.event.';
exports.on = function(
/* String or java Class */
eventType,
/* function( registeredListener, event) */
handler,
/* (optional) String (HIGH, HIGHEST, LOW, LOWEST, NORMAL, MONITOR), */
priority ) {
var handlerList,
listener = {},
eventExecutor;
if ( typeof priority == 'undefined' ) {
priority = bkEventPriority.HIGHEST;
} else {
priority = bkEventPriority[priority.toUpperCase()];
}
if ( typeof eventType == 'string' ) {
/*
Nashorn doesn't support bracket notation for accessing packages.
E.g. java.net will work but java['net'] won't.
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8031715
*/
if ( typeof Java != 'undefined' ) {
// nashorn environment
eventType = Java.type( bkEventPackage + eventType );
} else {
eventType = eval( bkEventPackage + eventType );
}
}
handlerList = eventType.getHandlerList( );
var result = { };
eventExecutor = new bkEventExecutor( {
execute: function( l, evt ) {
handler.call( result, evt );
}
} );
/*
wph 20130222 issue #64 bad interaction with Essentials plugin
if another plugin tries to unregister a Listener (not a Plugin or a RegisteredListener)
then BOOM! the other plugin will throw an error because Rhino can't coerce an
equals() method from an Interface.
The workaround is to make the ScriptCraftPlugin java class a Listener.
Should only unregister() registered plugins in ScriptCraft js code.
*/
listener.reg = new bkRegisteredListener( __plugin, eventExecutor, priority, __plugin, true );
handlerList.register( listener.reg );
result.unregister = function(){
handlerList.unregister( listener.reg );
};
return result;
};