signal.lua

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local Registry = {}
Registry.__index = function(self, key)
	return Registry[key] or (function()
		local t = {}
		rawset(self, key, t)
		return t
	end)()
end

function Registry:register(s, f)
	self[s][f] = f
	return f
end

function Registry:emit(s, ...)
	for f in pairs(self[s]) do
		f(...)
	end
end

function Registry:remove(s, ...)
	local f = {...}
	for i = 1,select('#', ...) do
		self[s][f[i]] = nil
	end
end

function Registry:clear(...)
	local s = {...}
	for i = 1,select('#', ...) do
		self[s[i]] = {}
	end
end

function Registry:emitPattern(p, ...)
	for s in pairs(self) do
		if s:match(p) then self:emit(s, ...) end
	end
end

function Registry:registerPattern(p, f)
	for s in pairs(self) do
		if s:match(p) then self:register(s, f) end
	end
	return f
end

function Registry:removePattern(p, ...)
	for s in pairs(self) do
		if s:match(p) then self:remove(s, ...) end
	end
end

function Registry:clearPattern(p)
	for s in pairs(self) do
		if s:match(p) then self[s] = {} end
	end
end

-- instancing
function Registry.new()
	return setmetatable({}, Registry)
end

-- default instance
local default = Registry.new()

-- module forwards calls to default instance
local module = {}
for k in pairs(Registry) do
	if k ~= "__index" then
		module[k] = function(...) return default[k](default, ...) end
	end
end

return setmetatable(module, {__call = Registry.new})