element-web/src/dispatcher.js

/*
Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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*/

'use strict';

const flux = require("flux");

class MatrixDispatcher extends flux.Dispatcher {
    /**
     * @param {Object|function} payload Required. The payload to dispatch.
     *        If an Object, must contain at least an 'action' key.
     *        If a function, must have the signature (dispatch) => {...}.
     * @param {boolean=} sync Optional. Pass true to dispatch
     *        synchronously. This is useful for anything triggering
     *        an operation that the browser requires user interaction
     *        for.
     */
    dispatch(payload, sync) {
        // Allow for asynchronous dispatching by accepting payloads that have the
        // type `function (dispatch) {...}`
        if (typeof payload === 'function') {
            payload((action) => {
                this.dispatch(action, sync);
            });
            return;
        }

        if (sync) {
            super.dispatch(payload);
        } else {
            // Unless the caller explicitly asked for us to dispatch synchronously,
            // we always set a timeout to do this: The flux dispatcher complains
            // if you dispatch from within a dispatch, so rather than action
            // handlers having to worry about not calling anything that might
            // then dispatch, we just do dispatches asynchronously.
            setTimeout(super.dispatch.bind(this, payload), 0);
        }
    }
}

if (global.mxDispatcher === undefined) {
    global.mxDispatcher = new MatrixDispatcher();
}
module.exports = global.mxDispatcher;