element-web/src/hooks/useEventEmitter.js

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import {useRef, useEffect} from "react";
// Hook to wrap event emitter on and removeListener in hook lifecycle
export const useEventEmitter = (emitter, eventName, handler) => {
// Create a ref that stores handler
const savedHandler = useRef();
// Update ref.current value if handler changes.
// This allows our effect below to always get latest handler ...
// ... without us needing to pass it in effect deps array ...
// ... and potentially cause effect to re-run every render.
useEffect(() => {
savedHandler.current = handler;
}, [handler]);
useEffect(
() => {
// Make sure element supports on
const isSupported = emitter && emitter.on;
if (!isSupported) return;
// Create event listener that calls handler function stored in ref
const eventListener = event => savedHandler.current(event);
// Add event listener
emitter.on(eventName, eventListener);
// Remove event listener on cleanup
return () => {
emitter.removeListener(eventName, eventListener);
};
},
[eventName, emitter], // Re-run if eventName or emitter changes
);
};