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RxJS Custom Observable
// Make a RxJS custom observable, using the pattern seen in rx.angular.js and RxJS-DOM.
// This is a skeleton, with meaningless code at the core, it is only to show the pattern.
/* global define */// Appeases ESLint
/* eslint no-invalid-this: 0 */
// UMD (global & AMD & Common.js) loader
(function __iife(root, factory)
{
// The AMD way
if (typeof define == 'function' && define.amd)
{
define(
[ 'rx', 'other-lib', 'exports' ],
function (Rx, OtherLib, exports)
{
root.Rx = factory(root, exports, Rx, OtherLib);
return root.Rx;
}
);
}
// The Common.js way
else if (typeof module == 'object' && module.exports)
{
module.exports = factory(root, module.exports, require('rx'), require('OtherLib'));
}
// Just make it global
else
{
root.Rx = factory(root, {}, root.Rx, root.OtherLib);
}
}(this, function __factory(root, exports, Rx, OtherLib)
{
// Create the custom extension
Rx.Custom = {};
// New kind of observable
var CustomObservable = (function (__super__)
{
Rx.internals.inherits(CustomObservable, __super__);
// Parameters useful to the working of the observable
function CustomObservable(name, something, listener, param)
{
this._name = name;
this._something = something;
this._listener = listener;
this._param = param;
__super__.call(this);
}
CustomObservable.prototype.subscribeCore = function (observable)
{
var result = {}; // Blabla
function process()
{
// Call
if (result === {})
return observable.onError(new Error("That's bad"));
// Or call
observable.onNext(result);
}
process();
return new CustomDisposable(this._name);
};
function CustomDisposable(name) // Parameter list depends on what needs to be released
{
this._name = name;
this.isDisposed = false;
}
CustomDisposable.prototype.dispose = function ()
{
if (!this.isDisposed)
{
this.isDisposed = true;
delete this._name; // Real dispose code here
}
};
return CustomObservable;
}(Rx.ObservableBase));
/**
* Creates a generic custom observable.
*
* @param {Name} name The name of the observable
* @param {Object} something The something to process
* @param {Observer} progressObserver An observer to watch for progress.
*
* @returns {Observable} A custom observable
*/
Rx.Custom.createCustomObservable = function (name, something, progressObserver)
{
return new CustomObservable(name, something, progressObserver); // .publish().refCount();
};
/**
* Creates an observable from something.
*
* @param {Object} something The something to process
* @param {Observer} progressObserver An observer to watch for progress.
*
* @returns {Object} An object which contains methods for processing something.
*/
Rx.Custom.fromSomething = function (something, progressObserver)
{
return {
/**
* Process the Something as a Foo as an Observable stream.
*
* @returns {Observable} An observable stream of a Foo
*/
asFoo: function ()
{
return new CustomObservable('foo', something, progressObserver);
},
/**
* Process the Something as a Bar as an Observable stream, with additional param.
*
* @param {Object} param The additional param
*
* @returns {Observable} An observable stream of a Bar
*/
asBar: function (param)
{
return new CustomObservable('bar', something, progressObserver, param);
},
};
};
return Rx;
}));
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