I am using StreamControllers with Events, and essentially I have a 3 level component heirarchy lets call them, A,B,C. The heirarchy is A -> B -> C.
The origin of the event is in c and i want the event to be processed by A.
I know this is rather easy to do with a direct parent -> child relationship using @Output but not sure how to properly handle multiple levels upwards.
Thanks for asking.
There are a couple ways to do this.
(1) Create an event handler in B
that forwards from C
@Component(
selector: 'b',
directives: const [C],
template: '<c (event)="cDidEvent()"></c>',
)
class B {
final _onEvent = new StreamController();
Stream get onEvent => _onEvent.stream;
void cDidEvent() {
_onEvent.add(null);
}
}
(2) Use dependency injection.
This requires deeper coupling between components, so it won't be appropriate for all designs, but it could make sense in some scenarios.
abstract class OnEvent {
/// Called when an event happens.
void onEvent();
}
@Component(
selector: 'a',
directives: const [B],
template: '<b></b>',
providers: const [
const Provider(OnEvent, useExisting: A),
],
)
class A implements OnEvent {
@override
void onEvent() {
print('>>> An event was triggered!');
}
}
class C {
final OnEvent _eventHandler;
C(this._eventHandler);
void onSomeAction() {
_eventHandler.onEvent();
}
}
I think it is easier just to create an "event bus" singleton service that is injected in Component A and Component C.
Here is the code:
class Event {
// your data
}
@Injectable()
class EventBus {
final StreamController<Event> _onEventStream = new StreamController<Event>();
Stream<Selection> onEventStream = null;
static final EventBus _singleton = new EventBus._internal();
factory EventBus() {
return _singleton;
}
EventBus._internal() {
onEventStream = _onEventStream.stream;
}
onEvent(Event event) {
_onEventStream.add(selection);
}
}
@Component(
selector: 'C',
templateUrl: 'C.html',
providers: const [
EventBus
]
)
class C {
final EventBus _eventBus;
C(this._eventBus);
onAction() {
_eventBus.onEvent(new Event());
}
}
@Component(
selector: 'A',
templateUrl: 'A.html',
providers: const [
EventBus
]
)
class A {
final EventBus _eventBus;
A(this._eventBus) {
_eventBus.onEventStream.listen((Event e) => /* do something with the event */)
}
}