added beholder.group

beholder.lua

@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ local function newNode()
   return { callbacks = {}, children = setmetatable({}, {__mode="k"}) }
 end
 
-local function initialize()
-  root = newNode()
-  nodesById = setmetatable({}, {__mode="k"})
-end
 
 local function findNodeById(id)
   return nodesById[id]
@@ -100,7 +96,27 @@ end
 local beholder = {}
 
 
--- beholder private functions
+-- beholder private functions/vars
+
+local groups = nil
+local currentGroupId = nil
+
+local function addIdToCurrentGroup(id)
+  if currentGroupId then
+    groups[currentGroupId] = groups[currentGroupId] or {}
+    local group = groups[currentGroupId]
+    group[#group + 1] = id
+  end
+  return id
+end
+
+local function stopObservingGroup(group)
+  local count = #group
+  for i=1,count do
+    beholder.stopObserving(group[i])
+  end
+  return count
+end
 
 local function falseIfZero(n)
   return n > 0 and n
@@ -118,14 +134,24 @@ end
 function beholder.observe(...)
   local event, callback = extractEventAndCallbackFromParams({...})
   local node = findOrCreateDescendantNode(root, event)
-  return addCallbackToNode(node, callback)
+  return addIdToCurrentGroup(addCallbackToNode(node, callback))
 end
 
 function beholder.stopObserving(id)
   local node = findNodeById(id)
-  if not node then return false end
-  removeCallbackFromNode(node, id)
-  return true
+  if node then removeCallbackFromNode(node, id) end
+
+  local group, count = groups[id], 0
+  if group then count = stopObservingGroup(group) end
+
+  return (node or count > 0) and true or false
+end
+
+function beholder.group(groupId, f)
+  assert(not currentGroupId, "beholder.group can not be nested!")
+  currentGroupId = groupId
+  f()
+  currentGroupId = nil
 end
 
 function beholder.trigger(...)
@@ -137,9 +163,12 @@ function beholder.triggerAll(...)
 end
 
 function beholder.reset()
-  initialize()
+  root = newNode()
+  nodesById = setmetatable({}, {__mode="k"})
+  groups = {}
+  currentGroupId = nil
 end
 
-initialize()
+beholder.reset()
 
 return beholder

spec/acceptance.lua

@@ -114,5 +114,28 @@ describe("Acceptance", function()
 
   end)
 
+  test("groups", function()
+
+    local group = {}
+    local up = 0
+
+    beholder.group(group, function()
+      beholder.observe("UP", function()
+        up = up + 1
+      end)
+    end)
+
+    beholder.trigger("UP")
+
+    assert_equal(1, up)
+
+    beholder.stopObserving(group)
+
+    beholder.trigger("UP")
+
+    assert_equal(1, up)
+
+  end)
+
 
 end)

spec/unit.lua

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe("Unit", function()
       assert_equal(counter, 6)
     end)
 
-    it("does not raise an error when stopping observing an inexisting event", function()
+    it("does not raise an error when stopping observing an inexisting event or group", function()
       assert_not_error(function() beholder.stopObserving({}) end)
     end)
 
@@ -100,11 +100,25 @@ describe("Unit", function()
       assert_equal(false, beholder.stopObserving({}))
     end)
 
+    it("returns false when there was a group, but it had no action", function()
+      local group = {}
+      beholder.group(group, function() end)
+      assert_equal(false, beholder.stopObserving(group))
+    end)
+
     it("returns true when an action was found and removed", function()
       local id = beholder.observe("X", function() end)
       assert_true(beholder.stopObserving(id))
     end)
 
+    it("returns true when at least one action from a group was removed", function()
+      local group = {}
+      beholder.group(group, function()
+        beholder.observe("X", function() end)
+      end)
+      assert_true(beholder.stopObserving(group))
+    end)
+
   end)
 
   describe(".trigger", function()
@@ -160,4 +174,37 @@ describe("Unit", function()
       assert_equal(2, beholder.triggerAll())
     end)
   end)
+
+  describe(".group", function()
+    it("throws an error when nested", function()
+      assert_error(function()
+        beholder.group({}, function()
+          beholder.group({}, function()
+          end)
+        end)
+      end)
+    end)
+
+    it("creates a group of events that can be cancelled", function()
+      local counter = 0
+      local increment = function() counter = counter + 1 end
+      local group  = {}
+      beholder.group(group, function()
+        beholder.observe("X", increment)
+        beholder.observe("Y", increment)
+      end)
+      beholder.trigger("X")
+      beholder.trigger("Y")
+      assert_equal(2, counter)
+
+      beholder.stopObserving(group)
+
+      beholder.trigger("X")
+      beholder.trigger("Y")
+      assert_equal(2, counter)
+    end)
+  end)
+
+
+
 end)