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Created November 6, 2010 23:29
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/* Ismael Celis 2010
Simplified WebSocket events dispatcher (no channels, no users)
var socket = new FancyWebSocket();
// bind to server events
socket.bind('some_event', function(data){
alert(data.name + ' says: ' + data.message)
});
// broadcast events to all connected users
socket.send( 'some_event', {name: 'ismael', message : 'Hello world'} );
*/
var FancyWebSocket = function(url){
var conn = new WebSocket(url);
var callbacks = {};
this.bind = function(event_name, callback){
callbacks[event_name] = callbacks[event_name] || [];
callbacks[event_name].push(callback);
return this;// chainable
};
this.send = function(event_name, event_data){
var payload = JSON.stringify({event:event_name, data: event_data});
conn.send( payload ); // <= send JSON data to socket server
return this;
};
// dispatch to the right handlers
conn.onmessage = function(evt){
var json = JSON.parse(evt.data)
dispatch(json.event, json.data)
};
conn.onclose = function(){dispatch('close',null)}
conn.onopen = function(){dispatch('open',null)}
var dispatch = function(event_name, message){
var chain = callbacks[event_name];
if(typeof chain == 'undefined') return; // no callbacks for this event
for(var i = 0; i < chain.length; i++){
chain[i]( message )
}
}
};
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