new MessageStream()
A stream of messages sent to this session for a particular path.
- Deprecated:
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- since 6.2
One-way messaging is deprecated in favor of request-response messaging. See sendRequest and sendRequestToFilter. This interface will be removed in a future release.
- since 6.2
Fires:
- Stream#event:error
- Stream#event:close
- Session.messages.MessageStream#event:message
Extends
Methods
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close()
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Close the stream. This will emit a 'close' event to any assigned listeners. No further events will be emitted.
- Inherited From:
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off(event [, listener])
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Remove a listener from a specified event.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description event
String The event to remove listeners from
listener
function <optional>
The listener to remove. All listeners for the event are removed if this is not specified
- Inherited From:
Returns:
This stream.
- Type
- Stream
Examples
// Bind a single listener to the 'foo' event and then deregister it var listener = function() {}; stream.on('foo', listener); stream.off('foo', listener);
// Bind a listener to the 'foo' event and deregister all listeners var listener = function() {}; stream.on('foo', listener); stream.off('foo');
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on(events [, listener])
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Register listeners against events.
A single listener may be bound to an event by passing the event name and listener function.
Multiple listeners may be bound by passing in an object, mapping event names to listener functions.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description events
String | Object The event name or object mapping event names to listeners
listener
function <optional>
The listener to bind to the event, if passed as string.
- Inherited From:
Returns:
This stream.
- Type
- Stream
Examples
// Bind a single listener to the 'foo' event stream.on('foo', function(arg1, arg2) { console.log("Called for 'foo' event", arg1, arg2); });
// Bind multiple listeners stream.on({ foo : function() { ... }, bar : function() { ... }, baz : function() { ... } });
Events
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message
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Emitted when a new message is received.
Properties:
Name Type Description message
Session.messages.Message the message that has been delivered.