Introduce new API - remove-post-event-callback

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.8.0  (XXX)
+## 0.8.0  (2016.06.XXXX)
 
 Headline:
   - re-frame subscriptions are now de-duplicated. As a result, some Signal graphs will be much more 
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ Breaking:
     supply alternatives using `re-frame.core/set-loggers!`.  
     
     With this release, any alternatives you supply will be called with different parameters. 
-    Previously loggers were given a single `str` parameter but now they are expected to act 
+    Previously loggers were called with a single `str` parameter but now they are expected to act 
     like `console.log` itself and take variadic, non string params. Sorry to break things, but
     we are trying to maximise use of cljs-devtools and information is lost when strings are 
-    output, instead of real data.
+    output, instead of actual data.
      
-    To transition, here's the tweak you can make:
+    To transition, you'll need to tweak like this: 
     ```
      ;; your old log function might have looked like this. Single string parameter.
     (defn my-logger [s]  (do-something-with s))    
@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ Breaking:
     ;; your new version will have variadic params, and turn them into a string
     (defn my-logger [& args] (do-something-with (apply str args))
     ```
-      
+    Of course, you only have to worry about this if you are using `re-frame.core/set-loggers!` to 
+    hook in your own loggers.  Otherwise, you have nothing to do. 
 
       
 Improvements
   - XXXX   middleware for spec checking of event vectors  
   - XXXX   better subscriptions of subscriptions 
   - XXX spec definitions of what subscriptions deliver ??
+  - added new API `re-frame.core/remove-post-event-callback`. See doc string. 
   - when an event-handler makes no change to `app-db`, the `debug` middleware now logs a 
     single line saying so, rather than a "group".  Makes it slightly easier to grok 
     the absence of change.

src/re_frame/core.cljs

@@ -53,16 +53,22 @@
 ;; -- Event Procssing Callbacks
 
 (defn add-post-event-callback
-  "Normal users of re-frame can ignore this part of the API. Useful
+  "Registers a callback function 'f'.
-  only to libraries providing 'isomorphic javascript' rendering on
-  Nodejs or Nashorn.
-
-  Registers a callback function 'f'.
   f will be called after each dispatched event is procecessed
   f will be called with two parameters:
     - the event's vector. That which was dispatched orignally.
     - the further event queue - what is still to be processed. A PersistentQueue.
+
+  This is useful in advanced cases like:
+    - you are implementing a complex bootstrap pipeline
+    - you want to create your own handling infrastructure, with perhaps multiple
+      handlers for the one event, etc.  Hook in here.
+    - a libraries providing 'isomorphic javascript' rendering on  Nodejs or Nashorn.
   "
   [f]
   (router/add-post-event-callback re-frame.router/event-queue f))
 
+
+(defn remove-post-event-callback
+  [f]
+  (router/remove-post-event-callback re-frame.router/event-queue f))

src/re_frame/router.cljs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (ns re-frame.router
   (:require [reagent.core]
             [re-frame.handlers :refer [handle]]
-            [re-frame.utils :refer [error]]
+            [re-frame.utils :refer [warn error]]
             [goog.async.nextTick]))
 
 
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
   ;; -- Public API
   (enqueue [this event])
   (add-post-event-callback [this f])
+  (remove-post-event-callback [this f])
 
   ;; -- Implementation via a Finite State Machine
   (-fsm-trigger [this trigger arg])
@@ -95,16 +96,21 @@
   ;; -- API ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   (enqueue [this event]
-    ;; put an event into the queue  (assumidly because of a dispatch)
+    ;; put an event into the queue  (presumably because of a dispatch)
     (-fsm-trigger this :add-event event))
 
   (add-post-event-callback [this f]
-    ;; register a callback to be invoked when events are processed
+    ;; register a callback to be invoked after events are processed
     ;; Useful to so-called isomorphic, server-side rendering frameworks
+    ;; or when you want to do specialised event processing.
     (set! post-event-callback-fns (conj post-event-callback-fns f)))
 
+  (remove-post-event-callback [this f]
+    (set! post-event-callback-fns (remove #(= % f) post-event-callback-fns)))
+
 
   ;; -- FSM Implementation ---------------------------------------------------
+
   (-fsm-trigger
     [this trigger arg]
 
@@ -118,10 +124,10 @@
             ;; You should read the following "case" as:
             ;; [current-FSM-state trigger] -> [new-FSM-state action-fn]
             ;;
-            ;; So, the next line should be interpreted as:
+            ;; So, for example, the next line should be interpreted as:
             ;; if you are in state ":idle" and a trigger ":add-event"
             ;; happens, then move the FSM to state ":scheduled" and execute
-            ;; that "do" fucntion.
+            ;; that two-part "do" fucntion.
             [:idle :add-event] [:scheduled #(do (-add-event this arg)
                                                 (-run-next-tick this))]
 
@@ -137,7 +143,7 @@
                                      [:idle]
                                      [:scheduled #(-run-next-tick this)])
 
-            ;; State: :paused (the event metadata :flush-dom has caused a temporary pause in processing)
+            ;; State: :paused (:flush-dom metadata on an event has caused a temporary pause in processing)
             [:paused :add-event] [:paused  #(-add-event this arg)]
             [:paused :resume   ] [:running #(-resume this)]
 
@@ -156,13 +162,13 @@
     (let [event-v (peek queue)]
       (try
         (handle event-v)
-        (catch :default ex
-          (-fsm-trigger this :exception ex)))
         (set! queue (pop queue))
 
         ;; Tell all registed callbacks that an event was just processed.
         ;; Pass in the event just handled and the new state of the queue
-      (doseq [f post-event-callback-fns] (f event-v queue))))
+        (doseq [f post-event-callback-fns] (f event-v queue))
+        (catch :default ex
+          (-fsm-trigger this :exception ex)))))
 
   (-run-next-tick
     [this]
@@ -220,13 +226,13 @@
 
 
 (defn dispatch-sync
-  "Send an event to be processed by the registered handler
+  "Immediately process an event using the registered handler.
-  immediately. Note: dispatch-sync cannot be called while another
+
-  event is being handled.
+  Generally, don't use this. Use \"dispatch\" instead.  It
+  is an error to even try and use it within an event handler.
 
   Usage example:
      (dispatch-sync [:delete-item 42])"
   [event-v]
   (handle event-v)
   nil)                                                      ;; Ensure nil return. See https://github.com/Day8/re-frame/wiki/Beware-Returning-False
-