Simple PubSub using KefirJS (version 1)

pubsub-kefir.js

( function(root, factory) {
  root.pubsub = factory(root);
}(this, function() {

  var publishEmitter;
  var directory;
  var eventStream;

  var SubscriptionDefinition = function(stream, callback) {
    this.stream = stream;
    this.callback = callback;
    this.onUnsubscribe = null;
    this.subscription = stream.observe({ value: function(ev) {callback(ev.data, ev);} });
    stream.subscriberCount = stream.subscriberCount ? stream.subscriberCount + 1 : 1;
  };

  SubscriptionDefinition.prototype.unsubscribe = function() {
    if(typeof this.onUnsubscribe === 'function') {
      this.onUnsubscribe();
    }

    this.subscription.unsubscribe();

    if(!--this.stream.subscriberCount) {
      delete directory[this.stream._source._channelName].topics[this.stream._binding];
    }
  };

  function publish(event) {
    event.timestamp = new Date().toISOString();
    publishEmitter && publishEmitter.emit(event);
  }

  function topicRegex(binding) {
    var prevSegment;
    pattern = '^' + binding.split('.').map(function mapTopicBinding(segment) {
        var res = '';
        if(!!prevSegment) {
          res = prevSegment !== '#' ? '\\.\\b' : '\\b';
        }
        if(segment === '#') {
          res += '[\\s\\S]*';
        } else if(segment === '*') {
          res += '[^.]+';
        } else {
          res += segment;
        }
        prevSegment = segment;
        return res;
      }).join('') + '$';
    return new RegExp(pattern);
  }

  function topicComparator(binding) {
    if(binding.indexOf('#') === -1 && binding.indexOf('*') === -1) {
      return (function(ev) { return ev.topic === binding; });
    }
    else {
      var rgx = topicRegex(binding);
      return (function(ev) { return rgx.test(ev.topic); });
    }
  }

  function getChannel(name) {
    if(!directory[name]) {
      directory[name] = {
        stream: eventStream.filter(function(ev) { return ev.channel === name; }),
        topics: {}
      };
      directory[name].stream._channelName = name;
    }
    return directory[name];
  }

  function getTopicStream(channelName, binding) {
    var channel = getChannel(channelName);
    var cmp = topicComparator(binding);
    var stream = channel.topics[binding] || (channel.topics[binding] = channel.stream.filter(function(ev) { return cmp(ev); }));
    stream._binding = binding;
    return stream;
  }

  function subscribe(def) {
    return new SubscriptionDefinition(getTopicStream(def.channel, def.topic), def.callback);
  }

  function addWireTap(callback) {
    var subscription = eventStream.observe({ value: function(ev) { callback(ev.data, ev); } });
    return function() { subscription.unsubscribe() };
  }

  function reset() {
    directory = {};
    publishEmitter && publishEmitter.end();
    publishEmitter = null;
    eventStream = Kefir.stream(function(emitter) {
      publishEmitter = emitter;
      return function() { publishEmitter = null; };
    });
  }

  function when(defs, onSuccess, onError, options) {
    var streams = [];
    var _options = options || {};
    defs.forEach(function(def) {
      streams.push(getTopicStream(def.channel, def.topic));
    });
    var aligned = Kefir.zip(streams);
    var limited = _options.once ? aligned.take(1) : aligned;
    limited.observe({ value: function(data) { onSuccess.apply(this, data); }, error: onError });
  }

  reset();

  return {
    publish: publish,
    subscribe: subscribe,
    addWireTap: addWireTap,
    reset: reset,
    when: when
  };
}) );

Thanks for sharing this...Could you add a simple example?