- ISlot: listener registration object with many features.
- A slot stores values of once and priority, replacing the untyped “listener box” objects.
- A slot can remove() its listener from the signal.
- Has enabled toggle to temporarily disconnect the listener without removing it.
- The slot’s listener can be changed on the fly.
- Has optional array of params which are appended to the signal’s dispatched values before reaching the listener. Similar to delegates that store extra args.
- IOnceSignal: has addOnce() but not add(). Useful for completion signals that discard all listeners on dispatch. Idea by @alecmce.
- MonoSignal: can have only one listener. Useful for callbacks and SignalCommandMap request signals. Originally implemented as SingleSignal by @stickupkid.
- PrioritySignal: like DeluxeSignal without bubbling (thanks @neilmanuell).
- Native Signal Sets:
- @jonopus developed an easy way to snap on NativeSignals to Sprite, Timer, etc. See org.osflash.signals.natives.sets package.
- Created SignalSprite, SignalTimer, etc. as example base classes. See org.osflash.signals.natives.base package.
- Removed ISignalOwner, INativeSignalOwner and IDispatcher. They became annoying, e.g. casting ISignal to Signal just to dispatch. Moved their methods into ISignal.
- add(), addOnce() and remove() now return ISlot.
- add() no longer checks listener.length because …varargs listeners cannot be detected.
- Dispatching
- @joa created a new, faster dispatching engine (SlotList) using an immutable recursive linked list (inspired by Scala). The list is like a snake which gets eaten by a snake, which gets eaten by a larger snake, and so on.
- NOTE: Listeners are now called in reverse order, for best performance. If precise order is needed, use an IPrioritySignal.
- Enhanced MXML friendliness (ArrayElementType, better examples).
- More inheritance between signals to reduce code duplication.
- DeluxeSignal: now handles subclass super() calls properly (thanks @stickupkid).
- NativeRelaySignal: better checks for null (thanks @stickupkid).
- Increased test coverage significantly. Many tests from @stickupkid.
- Refactored duplicated test code into base classes, e.g. ISignalTestBase. This greatly increased coverage across various implementations.
- Build now has a “package” target to zip SWC and source together.
- Build now has a “clean” target to remove generated folders.
- Flash Player executes on Linux (thanks @joa).
- Signals are now MXML-friendly! Example:
<signals:Signal id="nameChanged">{[String, uint]}</signals:Signal>- Constructors are now nullable.
- valueClasses and eventClass are now writable.
- Exceptions: NativeMappedSignal and NativeRelaySignal are not yet MXML-friendly.
- Renamed IDeluxeSignal to IPrioritySignal, a more functional name.
- New interfaces to grant access to methods that affect all listeners:
- ISignalOwner: extends ISignal, IDispatcher, adds removeAll().
- INativeSignalOwner: extends IPrioritySignal, INativeDispatcher, adds removeAll().
- These 2 interfaces cannot be merged because dispatch(event:Event) conflicts with dispatch(…valueObjects).
- Thanks to Brian Heylin for getting the ball rolling.
- #24 – Changing NativeSignal.target wasn’t removing listeners from target.
- #32 – FIX: Setting NativeSignal.eventClass to null and dispatching causes null exception.
- Added continuous integration and unit test execution Ant targets: “ci” and “test”.
- Updated AsUnit 4 SWC: test failure call stack is more concise and readable.
- Removed build-asunit.xml as its functionality has been merged into build.xml.
- Added NativeMappedSignal class from Brian Heylin, with great test coverage.
- DeluxeSignal has a simpler way to continue bubbling without re-dispatching the event.
- ISignal and IDeluxeSignal: add(), addOnce() and remove() now return the listener.
- Thanks to sammyt for the contribution with unit tests.
- Improved error message for Signal.dispatch() with too few arguments.
- The test suite is migrated to a newer version of AsUnit 4.
- Tests now receive an IAsync using [Inject]. No more Asyncleton!
- The migration pattern can be seen in commit f6878.
- AllTestsRunner uses a new composition pattern instead of inheritance.
- Many thanks to Luke Bayes and the Bay Area Computer Club.
- Added more tests for argument dispatching and consolidated in SignalDispatchArgsTest.
- Optimized listeners array cloning to use slice(), which is faster than concat().
- Optimized dispatch() by moving the cloning of listeners to add(), addOnce(), and remove().
- Signal.removeAll() now uses remove() on every listener, instead of fast array clearing. This is intended to avoid possible issues with subclass overrides (as happened before with NativeRelaySignal.remove()).
- Renamed createListenerRelationship() to registerListener().
- Consolidated add() and addOnce() logic in registerListener().
- Removed onceListeners Dictionary from DeluxeSignal and NativeSignal.
- DeluxeSignal and NativeSignal are now more unified in their “once listeners” internal implementations.
- Removed an extra semicolon which made FDT cry (thanks vitch).
- Removed async [Test] metadata because AsUnit 4 no longer uses it.
- Updated the AsUnit 4 SWC to newer version which avoids slowdown of Timers in Flash Player 10.1.
- Added tests for ambiguous relationships in Signal.
- Added tests for adding a listener during a dispatch().
- Added versioning to the Ant build, starting at 0.5.