nil events working

README.textile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 h1. beholder.lua
 
-A simple event observer for Lua. Can be used with "middleclass":https://github.com/kikito/middleclass
+A simple event observer for Lua.
 
 h1. Example
 

beholder.lua

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 -- beholder.lua - v1.0 (2011-11)
--- requires middleclass 2.0
 
 -- Copyright (c) 2011 Enrique García Cota
 -- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 -- The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 -- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
--- Based on YaciCode, from Julien Patte and LuaObject, from Sebastien Rocca-Serra
 
 local beholder = {}
 
@@ -35,24 +33,36 @@ local function findOrCreateNode(self, event)
   return current
 end
 
-local function executeNodeActions(self, event)
+local function executeNodeActions(node, params)
-  local current = self._root
   local counter = 0
-  local params = copy(event)
+  params = params or {}
-  local key
+  for _,action in pairs(node.actions) do
+    action(unpack(params))
+    counter = counter + 1
+  end
+  return counter
+end
 
-  for i=1,#event do
+local function executeAllActions(node)
-    key = event[i]
+  local counter = executeNodeActions(node)
-    current = current.children[key]
+  for _,child in pairs(node.children) do
-    if not current then break end
+    counter = counter + executeAllActions(child)
+  end
+  return counter
+end
+
+local function executeEventActions(node, event)
+  local params = copy(event)
+  local counter = executeNodeActions(node, params)
+
+  for i=1, #event do
+    node = node.children[event[i]]
+    if not node then break end
     table.remove(params, 1)
-    for _,action in pairs(current.actions) do
+    counter = counter + executeNodeActions(node, params)
-      action(unpack(params))
-      counter = counter + 1
-    end
   end
 
-  return counter > 0 and counter
+  return counter
 end
 
 local function addActionToNode(self, node, action)
@@ -83,7 +93,9 @@ function beholder:stopObserving(id)
 end
 
 function beholder:trigger(...)
-  return executeNodeActions(self, {...})
+  local event = {...}
+  local counter = (#event == 0) and executeAllActions(self._root) or executeEventActions(self._root, event)
+  return counter > 0 and counter
 end
 
 beholder:reset()

spec/acceptance.lua

@@ -76,5 +76,24 @@ describe("Acceptance", function()
     assert_false(escapePressed)
   end)
 
+  test("nil events", function()
+    local counter = 0
+
+    local id = beholder:observe(function(_, x) counter = counter + x end)
+
+    beholder:trigger("FOO", 1)
+    beholder:trigger("BAR", 2)
+
+    assert_equal(3, counter)
+
+    beholder:stopObserving(id)
+
+    beholder:observe("BAZ", function() counter = counter + 1 end)
+    beholder:trigger()
+
+    assert_equal(4, counter)
+
+  end)
+
 
 end)

spec/unit.lua

@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ describe("Unit", function()
       beholder:trigger("KEYPRESS", "start")
       assert_equal(counter, 1)
     end)
+
+    it("observes all events with the nil event", function()
+      local counter = 0
+      beholder:observe(function(_,x) counter = counter + x end)
+      beholder:trigger("FOO", 1)
+      beholder:trigger("BAR", 2)
+      assert_equal(3, counter)
+    end)
   end)
 
   describe(":stopObserving", function()
@@ -104,6 +112,16 @@ describe("Unit", function()
       assert_equal(2, beholder:trigger("X"))
     end)
 
+    it("triggers any observation with the nil event", function()
+      local counter = 0
+      beholder:observe("X", function() counter = counter + 1 end)
+      beholder:observe("Y", 1, function() counter = counter + 2 end)
+
+      beholder:trigger()
+
+      assert_equal(3, counter)
+    end)
+
   end)