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RoomState

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:147

Typed Event Emitter class which can act as a Base Model for all our model and communication events. This makes it much easier for us to distinguish between events, as we now need to properly type this, so that our events are not stringly-based and prone to silly typos.

Type parameters:

  • Events - List of all events emitted by this TypedEventEmitter. Normally an enum type.
  • Arguments - A ListenerMap type providing mappings from event names to listener types.
  • SuperclassArguments - TODO: not really sure. Alternative listener mappings, I think? But only honoured for .emit?

new RoomState(roomId, oobMemberFlags?): RoomState

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:208

Construct room state.

Room State represents the state of the room at a given point. It can be mutated by adding state events to it. There are two types of room member associated with a state event: normal member objects (accessed via getMember/getMembers) which mutate with the state to represent the current state of that room/user, e.g. the object returned by getMember('@bob:example.com') will mutate to get a different display name if Bob later changes his display name in the room. There are also ‘sentinel’ members (accessed via getSentinelMember). These also represent the state of room members at the point in time represented by the RoomState object, but unlike objects from getMember, sentinel objects will always represent the room state as at the time getSentinelMember was called, so if Bob subsequently changes his display name, a room member object previously acquired with getSentinelMember will still have his old display name. Calling getSentinelMember again after the display name change will return a new RoomMember object with Bob’s new display name.

string

Optional. The ID of the room which has this state. If none is specified it just tracks paginationTokens, useful for notifTimelineSet

Optional. The state of loading out of bound members. As the timeline might get reset while they are loading, this state needs to be inherited and shared when the room state is cloned for the new timeline. This should only be passed from clone.

OobStatus = OobStatus.NotStarted

RoomState

TypedEventEmitter.constructor

readonly beacons: Map<string, Beacon>

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:174


events: Map<string, Map<string, DigitalWorldEvent>>

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:170


members: Record<string, RoomMember> = {}

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:168


paginationToken: string | null = null

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:172


readonly reEmitter: TypedReEmitter<EmittedEvents, EventHandlerMap>

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:148


readonly roomId: string

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:209

Optional. The ID of the room which has this state. If none is specified it just tracks paginationTokens, useful for notifTimelineSet


static captureRejections: boolean

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:425

Value: boolean

Change the default captureRejections option on all new EventEmitter objects.

v13.4.0, v12.16.0

TypedEventEmitter.captureRejections


readonly static captureRejectionSymbol: typeof captureRejectionSymbol

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:418

Value: Symbol.for('nodejs.rejection')

See how to write a custom rejection handler.

v13.4.0, v12.16.0

TypedEventEmitter.captureRejectionSymbol


static defaultMaxListeners: number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:464

By default, a maximum of 10 listeners can be registered for any single event. This limit can be changed for individual EventEmitter instances using the emitter.setMaxListeners(n) method. To change the default for allEventEmitter instances, the events.defaultMaxListeners property can be used. If this value is not a positive number, a RangeError is thrown.

Take caution when setting the events.defaultMaxListeners because the change affects all EventEmitter instances, including those created before the change is made. However, calling emitter.setMaxListeners(n) still has precedence over events.defaultMaxListeners.

This is not a hard limit. The EventEmitter instance will allow more listeners to be added but will output a trace warning to stderr indicating that a “possible EventEmitter memory leak” has been detected. For any single EventEmitter, the emitter.getMaxListeners() and emitter.setMaxListeners() methods can be used to temporarily avoid this warning:

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const emitter = new EventEmitter();
emitter.setMaxListeners(emitter.getMaxListeners() + 1);
emitter.once('event', () => {
// do stuff
emitter.setMaxListeners(Math.max(emitter.getMaxListeners() - 1, 0));
});

The --trace-warnings command-line flag can be used to display the stack trace for such warnings.

The emitted warning can be inspected with process.on('warning') and will have the additional emitter, type, and count properties, referring to the event emitter instance, the event’s name and the number of attached listeners, respectively. Its name property is set to 'MaxListenersExceededWarning'.

v0.11.2

TypedEventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners


readonly static errorMonitor: typeof errorMonitor

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:411

This symbol shall be used to install a listener for only monitoring 'error' events. Listeners installed using this symbol are called before the regular 'error' listeners are called.

Installing a listener using this symbol does not change the behavior once an 'error' event is emitted. Therefore, the process will still crash if no regular 'error' listener is installed.

v13.6.0, v12.17.0

TypedEventEmitter.errorMonitor

get hasLiveBeacons(): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:357

boolean


get liveBeaconIds(): string[]

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:361

string[]

optional [captureRejectionSymbol]<K>(error, event, …args): void

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:103

K

Error

string | symbol

AnyRest

void

TypedEventEmitter.[captureRejectionSymbol]


addListener<T>(event, listener): this

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:70

Alias for on.

T extends EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

T

Listener<EmittedEvents, EventHandlerMap, T>

this

TypedEventEmitter.addListener


clearOutOfBandMembers(): void

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:767

Clears the loaded out-of-band members

void


clone(): RoomState

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:369

Creates a copy of this room state so that mutations to either won’t affect the other.

RoomState

the copy of the room state


emit<T>(event, …args): boolean

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:86

Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event named event, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments to each.

T extends EmittedEvents

T

The name of the event to emit

Parameters<EventHandlerMap[T]>

Arguments to pass to the listener

boolean

true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

TypedEventEmitter.emit

emit<T>(event, …args): boolean

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:87

Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event named event, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments to each.

T extends EmittedEvents

T

The name of the event to emit

Parameters<EventHandlerMap[T]>

Arguments to pass to the listener

boolean

true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

TypedEventEmitter.emit


emitPromised<T>(event, …args): Promise<boolean>

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:98

Similar to emit but calls all listeners within a Promise.all and returns the promise chain

T extends EmittedEvents

T

The name of the event to emit

Parameters<EventHandlerMap[T]>

Arguments to pass to the listener

Promise<boolean>

true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

TypedEventEmitter.emitPromised

emitPromised<T>(event, …args): Promise<boolean>

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:102

Similar to emit but calls all listeners within a Promise.all and returns the promise chain

T extends EmittedEvents

T

The name of the event to emit

Parameters<EventHandlerMap[T]>

Arguments to pass to the listener

Promise<boolean>

true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

TypedEventEmitter.emitPromised


eventNames(): (string | symbol)[]

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:967

Returns an array listing the events for which the emitter has registered listeners. The values in the array are strings or Symbols.

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const myEE = new EventEmitter();
myEE.on('foo', () => {});
myEE.on('bar', () => {});
const sym = Symbol('symbol');
myEE.on(sym, () => {});
console.log(myEE.eventNames());
// Prints: [ 'foo', 'bar', Symbol(symbol) ]

(string | symbol)[]

v6.0.0

TypedEventEmitter.eventNames


findPredecessor(msc3946ProcessDynamicPredecessor?): { eventId?: string; roomId: string; viaServers?: string[]; } | null

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:1092

Find the predecessor room based on this room state.

boolean = false

if true, look for an m.room.predecessor state event and use it if found (MSC3946).

{ eventId?: string; roomId: string; viaServers?: string[]; } | null

null if this room has no predecessor. Otherwise, returns the roomId, last eventId and viaServers of the predecessor room.

If msc3946ProcessDynamicPredecessor is true, use m.predecessor events as well as m.room.create events to find predecessors.

Note: if an m.predecessor event is used, eventId may be undefined since last_known_event_id is optional.

Note: viaServers may be undefined, and will definitely be undefined if this predecessor comes from a RoomCreate event (rather than a RoomPredecessor, which has the optional via_servers property).


getGuestAccess(): GuestAccess

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:1068

Returns the guest access based on the m.room.guest_access state event, defaulting to shared.

GuestAccess

the guest_access applied to this room


getHistoryVisibility(): HistoryVisibility

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:1058

Returns the history visibility based on the m.room.history_visibility state event, defaulting to shared.

HistoryVisibility

the history_visibility applied to this room


getInvitedMemberCount(): number

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:261

Returns the number of invited members in this room

number

The number of members in this room whose membership is ‘invite’


getInviteForThreePidToken(token): DigitalWorldEvent | null

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:840

Get the m.room.member event which has the given third party invite token.

string

The token

DigitalWorldEvent | null

The m.room.member event or null


getJoinedMemberCount(): number

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:237

Returns the number of joined members in this room This method caches the result.

number

The number of members in this room whose membership is ‘join’


getJoinRule(): JoinRule

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:1048

Returns the join rule based on the m.room.join_rule state event, defaulting to invite.

JoinRule

the join_rule applied to this room


getLastModifiedTime(): number

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:856

Get the timestamp when this room state was last updated. This timestamp is updated when this object has received new state events.

number

The timestamp


getMaxListeners(): number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:819

Returns the current max listener value for the EventEmitter which is either set by emitter.setMaxListeners(n) or defaults to EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners.

number

v1.0.0

TypedEventEmitter.getMaxListeners


getMember(userId): RoomMember | null

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:303

Get a room member by their user ID.

string

The room member’s user ID.

RoomMember | null

The member or null if they do not exist.


getMembers(): RoomMember[]

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:285

Get all RoomMembers in this room.

RoomMember[]

A list of RoomMembers.


getMembersExcept(excludedIds): RoomMember[]

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:294

Get all RoomMembers in this room, excluding the user IDs provided.

string[]

The user IDs to exclude.

RoomMember[]

A list of RoomMembers.


getRoomVersion(): string

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:220

Gets the version of the room

string

The version of the room


getSentinelMember(userId): RoomMember | null

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:316

Get a room member whose properties will not change with this room state. You typically want this if you want to attach a RoomMember to a DigitalWorldEvent which may no longer be represented correctly by Room.currentState or Room.oldState. The term ‘sentinel’ refers to the fact that this RoomMember is an unchanging guardian for state at this particular point in time.

string

The room member’s user ID.

RoomMember | null

The member or null if they do not exist.


getStateEvents(eventType): DigitalWorldEvent[]

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:336

Get state events from the state of the room.

string

The event type of the state event.

DigitalWorldEvent[]

A list of events

getStateEvents(eventType, stateKey): DigitalWorldEvent | null

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:343

Get state events from the state of the room.

string

The event type of the state event.

string

The state_key of the state event.

DigitalWorldEvent | null

A single event (or null if no match found).


getUserIdsWithDisplayName(displayName): string[]

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:865

Get user IDs with the specified or similar display names.

string

The display name to get user IDs from.

string[]

An array of user IDs or an empty array.


hasSufficientPowerLevelFor(action, powerLevel): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:898

Returns true if the given power level is sufficient for action

KeysMatching<Required<IPowerLevelsContent>, number>

The type of power level to check

number

The power level of the member

boolean

true if the given power level is sufficient


listenerCount(event): number

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:115

Returns the number of listeners listening to the event named event.

EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

The name of the event being listened for

number

TypedEventEmitter.listenerCount


listeners(event): Function[]

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:122

Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named event.

EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

Function[]

TypedEventEmitter.listeners


markOutOfBandMembersFailed(): void

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:757

Mark this room state as having failed to fetch out-of-band members

void


markOutOfBandMembersStarted(): void

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:747

Mark this room state as waiting for out-of-band members, ensuring it doesn’t ask for them to be requested again through needsOutOfBandMembers

void


mayClientSendStateEvent(stateEventType, cli): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:949

Returns true if the given DigitalWorldClient has permission to send a state event of type stateEventType into this room.

string

The type of state events to test

DigitalWorldClient

The client to test permission for

boolean

true if the given client should be permitted to send the given type of state event into this room, according to the room’s state.


maySendEvent(eventType, userId): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:936

Returns true if the given user ID has permission to send a normal event of type eventType into this room.

string

The type of event to test

string

The user ID of the user to test permission for

boolean

true if the given user ID should be permitted to send the given type of event into this room, according to the room’s state.


maySendMessage(userId): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:923

Short-form for maySendEvent(‘m.room.message’, userId)

string

The user ID of the user to test permission for

boolean

true if the given user ID should be permitted to send message events into the given room.


maySendRedactionForEvent(mxEvent, userId): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:876

Returns true if userId is in room, event is not redacted and either sender of mxEvent or has power level sufficient to redact events other than their own.

DigitalWorldEvent

The event to test permission for

string

The user ID of the user to test permission for

boolean

true if the given used ID can redact given event


maySendStateEvent(stateEventType, userId): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:965

Returns true if the given user ID has permission to send a state event of type stateEventType into this room.

string

The type of state events to test

string

The user ID of the user to test permission for

boolean

true if the given user ID should be permitted to send the given type of state event into this room, according to the room’s state.


mayTriggerNotifOfType(notifLevelKey, userId): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:1023

Returns true if the given user ID has permission to trigger notification of type notifLevelKey

string

The level of notification to test (eg. ‘room’)

string

The user ID of the user to test permission for

boolean

true if the given user ID has permission to trigger a notification of this type.


needsOutOfBandMembers(): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:728

Get the out-of-band members loading state, whether loading is needed or not. Note that loading might be in progress and hence isn’t needed.

boolean

whether or not the members of this room need to be loaded


off<T>(event, listener): this

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:129

Alias for removeListener

T extends EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

T

Listener<EmittedEvents, EventHandlerMap, T>

this

TypedEventEmitter.off


on<T>(event, listener): this

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:150

Adds the listener function to the end of the listeners array for the event named event.

No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of event and listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. The prependListener method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

T extends EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

T

The name of the event.

Listener<EmittedEvents, EventHandlerMap, T>

The callback function

this

a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

TypedEventEmitter.on


once<T>(event, listener): this

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:169

Adds a one-time listener function for the event named event. The next time event is triggered, this listener is removed and then invoked.

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. The prependOnceListener method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

T extends EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

T

The name of the event.

Listener<EmittedEvents, EventHandlerMap, T>

The callback function

this

a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

TypedEventEmitter.once


outOfBandMembersReady(): boolean

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:738

Check if loading of out-of-band-members has completed

boolean

true if the full membership list of this room has been loaded. False if it is not started or is in progress.


prependListener<T>(event, listener): this

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:186

Adds the listener function to the beginning of the listeners array for the event named event.

No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of event and listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

T extends EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

T

The name of the event.

Listener<EmittedEvents, EventHandlerMap, T>

The callback function

this

a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

TypedEventEmitter.prependListener


prependOnceListener<T>(event, listener): this

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:202

Adds a one-timelistener function for the event named event to the beginning of the listeners array. The next time event is triggered, this listener is removed, and then invoked.

T extends EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

T

The name of the event.

Listener<EmittedEvents, EventHandlerMap, T>

The callback function

this

a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

TypedEventEmitter.prependOnceListener


processBeaconEvents(events, digitalWorldClient): Promise<void>

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:567

DigitalWorldEvent[]

DigitalWorldClient

Promise<void>


rawListeners(event): Function[]

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:243

Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName, including any wrappers (such as those created by .once()).

EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

Function[]

TypedEventEmitter.rawListeners


removeAllListeners(event?): this

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:219

Removes all listeners, or those of the specified event.

It is bad practice to remove listeners added elsewhere in the code, particularly when the EventEmitter instance was created by some other component or module (e.g. sockets or file streams).

EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

The name of the event. If undefined, all listeners everywhere are removed.

this

a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

TypedEventEmitter.removeAllListeners


removeListener<T>(event, listener): this

Defined in: src/models/typed-event-emitter.ts:232

Removes the specified listener from the listener array for the event named event.

T extends EventEmitterEvents | EmittedEvents

T

Listener<EmittedEvents, EventHandlerMap, T>

this

a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

TypedEventEmitter.removeListener


setInvitedMemberCount(count): void

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:277

Set the amount of invited members in this room

number

the amount of invited members

void


setJoinedMemberCount(count): void

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:253

Set the joined member count explicitly (like from summary part of the sync response)

number

the amount of joined members

void


setMaxListeners(n): this

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:813

By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than 10 listeners are added for a particular event. This is a useful default that helps finding memory leaks. The emitter.setMaxListeners() method allows the limit to be modified for this specific EventEmitter instance. The value can be set to Infinity (or 0) to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.

Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

number

this

v0.3.5

TypedEventEmitter.setMaxListeners


setOutOfBandMembers(stateEvents): void

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:784

Sets the loaded out-of-band members.

DigitalWorldEvent[]

array of membership state events

void


setStateEvents(stateEvents, markerFoundOptions?): void

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:437

Add an array of one or more state DigitalWorldEvents, overwriting any existing state with the same {type, stateKey} tuple. Will fire “RoomState.events” for every event added. May fire “RoomState.members” if there are m.room.member events. May fire “RoomStateEvent.Marker” if there are UNSTABLE_MSC2716_MARKER events.

DigitalWorldEvent[]

a list of state events for this room.

IMarkerFoundOptions

void

Fires RoomStateEvent.Members Fires RoomStateEvent.NewMember Fires RoomStateEvent.Events Fires RoomStateEvent.Marker


setTypingEvent(event): void

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:828

Set the current typing event for this room.

DigitalWorldEvent

The typing event

void


setUnknownStateEvents(events): void

Defined in: src/models/room-state.ts:415

Add previously unknown state events. When lazy loading members while back-paginating, the relevant room state for the timeline chunk at the end of the chunk can be set with this method.

DigitalWorldEvent[]

state events to prepend

void


static addAbortListener(signal, resource): Disposable

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:403

Listens once to the abort event on the provided signal.

Listening to the abort event on abort signals is unsafe and may lead to resource leaks since another third party with the signal can call e.stopImmediatePropagation(). Unfortunately Node.js cannot change this since it would violate the web standard. Additionally, the original API makes it easy to forget to remove listeners.

This API allows safely using AbortSignals in Node.js APIs by solving these two issues by listening to the event such that stopImmediatePropagation does not prevent the listener from running.

Returns a disposable so that it may be unsubscribed from more easily.

import { addAbortListener } from 'node:events';
function example(signal) {
let disposable;
try {
signal.addEventListener('abort', (e) => e.stopImmediatePropagation());
disposable = addAbortListener(signal, (e) => {
// Do something when signal is aborted.
});
} finally {
disposable?.[Symbol.dispose]();
}
}

AbortSignal

(event) => void

Disposable

Disposable that removes the abort listener.

v20.5.0

TypedEventEmitter.addAbortListener


static getEventListeners(emitter, name): Function[]

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:325

Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .listeners on the emitter.

For EventTargets this is the only way to get the event listeners for the event target. This is useful for debugging and diagnostic purposes.

import { getEventListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
{
const ee = new EventEmitter();
const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
ee.on('foo', listener);
console.log(getEventListeners(ee, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
}
{
const et = new EventTarget();
const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
et.addEventListener('foo', listener);
console.log(getEventListeners(et, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
}

EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget

string | symbol

Function[]

v15.2.0, v14.17.0

TypedEventEmitter.getEventListeners


static getMaxListeners(emitter): number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:354

Returns the currently set max amount of listeners.

For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .getMaxListeners on the emitter.

For EventTargets this is the only way to get the max event listeners for the event target. If the number of event handlers on a single EventTarget exceeds the max set, the EventTarget will print a warning.

import { getMaxListeners, setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
{
const ee = new EventEmitter();
console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 10
setMaxListeners(11, ee);
console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 11
}
{
const et = new EventTarget();
console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 10
setMaxListeners(11, et);
console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 11
}

EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget

number

v19.9.0

TypedEventEmitter.getMaxListeners


static listenerCount(emitter, eventName): number

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:297

A class method that returns the number of listeners for the given eventName registered on the given emitter.

import { EventEmitter, listenerCount } from 'node:events';
const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();
myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
console.log(listenerCount(myEmitter, 'event'));
// Prints: 2

EventEmitter

The emitter to query

string | symbol

The event name

number

v0.9.12

TypedEventEmitter.listenerCount


static on(emitter, eventName, options?): AsyncIterator<any[]>

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:270

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
ee.emit('foo', 42);
});
for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo')) {
// The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
// processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
// if concurrent execution is required.
console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// Unreachable here

Returns an AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events. It will throw if the EventEmitter emits 'error'. It removes all listeners when exiting the loop. The value returned by each iteration is an array composed of the emitted event arguments.

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting on events:

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ac = new AbortController();
(async () => {
const ee = new EventEmitter();
// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
ee.emit('foo', 42);
});
for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { signal: ac.signal })) {
// The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
// processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
// if concurrent execution is required.
console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// Unreachable here
})();
process.nextTick(() => ac.abort());

Use the close option to specify an array of event names that will end the iteration:

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
ee.emit('foo', 42);
ee.emit('close');
});
for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { close: ['close'] })) {
console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// the loop will exit after 'close' is emitted
console.log('done'); // prints 'done'

EventEmitter

string | symbol

StaticEventEmitterIteratorOptions

AsyncIterator<any[]>

An AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events emitted by the emitter

v13.6.0, v12.16.0

TypedEventEmitter.on

static on(emitter, eventName, options?): AsyncIterator<any[]>

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:275

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
ee.emit('foo', 42);
});
for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo')) {
// The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
// processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
// if concurrent execution is required.
console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// Unreachable here

Returns an AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events. It will throw if the EventEmitter emits 'error'. It removes all listeners when exiting the loop. The value returned by each iteration is an array composed of the emitted event arguments.

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting on events:

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ac = new AbortController();
(async () => {
const ee = new EventEmitter();
// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
ee.emit('foo', 42);
});
for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { signal: ac.signal })) {
// The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
// processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
// if concurrent execution is required.
console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// Unreachable here
})();
process.nextTick(() => ac.abort());

Use the close option to specify an array of event names that will end the iteration:

import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
// Emit later on
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
ee.emit('foo', 42);
ee.emit('close');
});
for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { close: ['close'] })) {
console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
}
// the loop will exit after 'close' is emitted
console.log('done'); // prints 'done'

EventTarget

string

StaticEventEmitterIteratorOptions

AsyncIterator<any[]>

An AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events emitted by the emitter

v13.6.0, v12.16.0

TypedEventEmitter.on


static once(emitter, eventName, options?): Promise<any[]>

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:184

Creates a Promise that is fulfilled when the EventEmitter emits the given event or that is rejected if the EventEmitter emits 'error' while waiting. The Promise will resolve with an array of all the arguments emitted to the given event.

This method is intentionally generic and works with the web platform EventTarget interface, which has no special'error' event semantics and does not listen to the 'error' event.

import { once, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('myevent', 42);
});
const [value] = await once(ee, 'myevent');
console.log(value);
const err = new Error('kaboom');
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('error', err);
});
try {
await once(ee, 'myevent');
} catch (err) {
console.error('error happened', err);
}

The special handling of the 'error' event is only used when events.once() is used to wait for another event. If events.once() is used to wait for the ’error' event itself, then it is treated as any other kind of event without special handling:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
once(ee, 'error')
.then(([err]) => console.log('ok', err.message))
.catch((err) => console.error('error', err.message));
ee.emit('error', new Error('boom'));
// Prints: ok boom

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting for the event:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
const ac = new AbortController();
async function foo(emitter, event, signal) {
try {
await once(emitter, event, { signal });
console.log('event emitted!');
} catch (error) {
if (error.name === 'AbortError') {
console.error('Waiting for the event was canceled!');
} else {
console.error('There was an error', error.message);
}
}
}
foo(ee, 'foo', ac.signal);
ac.abort(); // Abort waiting for the event
ee.emit('foo'); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!

EventEmitter

string | symbol

StaticEventEmitterOptions

Promise<any[]>

v11.13.0, v10.16.0

TypedEventEmitter.once

static once(emitter, eventName, options?): Promise<any[]>

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:189

Creates a Promise that is fulfilled when the EventEmitter emits the given event or that is rejected if the EventEmitter emits 'error' while waiting. The Promise will resolve with an array of all the arguments emitted to the given event.

This method is intentionally generic and works with the web platform EventTarget interface, which has no special'error' event semantics and does not listen to the 'error' event.

import { once, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import process from 'node:process';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('myevent', 42);
});
const [value] = await once(ee, 'myevent');
console.log(value);
const err = new Error('kaboom');
process.nextTick(() => {
ee.emit('error', err);
});
try {
await once(ee, 'myevent');
} catch (err) {
console.error('error happened', err);
}

The special handling of the 'error' event is only used when events.once() is used to wait for another event. If events.once() is used to wait for the ’error' event itself, then it is treated as any other kind of event without special handling:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
once(ee, 'error')
.then(([err]) => console.log('ok', err.message))
.catch((err) => console.error('error', err.message));
ee.emit('error', new Error('boom'));
// Prints: ok boom

An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting for the event:

import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';
const ee = new EventEmitter();
const ac = new AbortController();
async function foo(emitter, event, signal) {
try {
await once(emitter, event, { signal });
console.log('event emitted!');
} catch (error) {
if (error.name === 'AbortError') {
console.error('Waiting for the event was canceled!');
} else {
console.error('There was an error', error.message);
}
}
}
foo(ee, 'foo', ac.signal);
ac.abort(); // Abort waiting for the event
ee.emit('foo'); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!

EventTarget

string

StaticEventEmitterOptions

Promise<any[]>

v11.13.0, v10.16.0

TypedEventEmitter.once


static setMaxListeners(n?, …eventTargets): void

Defined in: node_modules/.pnpm/@types+node@22.20.0/node_modules/@types/node/events.d.ts:369

import { setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const target = new EventTarget();
const emitter = new EventEmitter();
setMaxListeners(5, target, emitter);

number

A non-negative number. The maximum number of listeners per EventTarget event.

…(EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget)[]

Zero or more {EventTarget} or {EventEmitter} instances. If none are specified, n is set as the default max for all newly created {EventTarget} and {EventEmitter} objects.

void

v15.4.0

TypedEventEmitter.setMaxListeners