method EventEmitter.on
Usage in Deno
import { type EventEmitter } from "node:events";
EventEmitter.on<K>(): this
Adds the listener
function to the end of the listeners array for the event
named eventName
. No checks are made to see if the listener
has already
been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventName
and
listener
will result in the listener
being added, and called, multiple times.
server.on('connection', (stream) => { console.log('someone connected!'); });
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 emitter.prependListener()
method can be used as an alternative to add the
event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.
import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events'; const myEE = new EventEmitter(); myEE.on('foo', () => console.log('a')); myEE.prependListener('foo', () => console.log('b')); myEE.emit('foo'); // Prints: // b // a
this