Class Nanoc::NotificationCenter
In: lib/nanoc/base/notification_center.rb
Parent: Object

Provides a way to send notifications between objects. It allows blocks associated with a certain notification name to be registered; these blocks will be called when the notification with the given name is posted.

It is a slightly different implementation of the Observer pattern; the table of subscribers is not stored in the observable object itself, but in the notification center.

Methods

on   post   remove  

Public Class methods

Adds the given block to the list of blocks that should be called when the notification with the given name is received.

@param [String, Symbol] name The name of the notification that will

  cause the given block to be called.

@param [String, Symbol, nil] id An identifier for the block. This is

  only used to be able to remove the block (using the remove method)
  later. Can be nil, but this is not recommended because it prevents
  the given notification block from being unregistered.

@yield [*args] Will be executed with the arguments passed to {.post}

@return [void]

Posts a notification with the given name and the given arguments.

@param [String, Symbol] name The name of the notification that should

  be posted.

@param args Arguments that wil be passed to the blocks handling the

  notification.

@return [void]

Removes the block with the given identifier from the list of blocks that should be called when the notification with the given name is posted.

@param [String, Symbol] name The name of the notification that should

  no longer be registered.

@param [String, Symbol] id The identifier of the block that should be

  removed.

@return [void]

[Validate]