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/** @file filter.js
* @authors:
* Jeffrey Wilcke
* Marek Kotewicz
* Marian Oancea
* Gav Wood
* @date 2014
*/
var web3 = require('./web3'); // jshint ignore:line
/// should be used when we want to watch something
/// it's using inner polling mechanism and is notified about changes
var Filter = function(options, impl) {
this.impl = impl;
this.callbacks = [];
this.id = impl.newFilter(options);
web3.provider.startPolling({call: impl.changed, args: [this.id]}, this.id, this.trigger.bind(this));
};
/// alias for changed*
Filter.prototype.arrived = function(callback) {
this.changed(callback);
};
/// gets called when there is new eth/shh message
Filter.prototype.changed = function(callback) {
this.callbacks.push(callback);
};
/// trigger calling new message from people
Filter.prototype.trigger = function(messages) {
for(var i = 0; i < this.callbacks.length; i++) {
this.callbacks[i].call(this, messages);
}
};
/// should be called to uninstall current filter
Filter.prototype.uninstall = function() {
this.impl.uninstallFilter(this.id);
web3.provider.stopPolling(this.id);
};
/// should be called to manually trigger getting latest messages from the client
Filter.prototype.messages = function() {
return this.impl.getMessages(this.id);
};
/// alias for messages
Filter.prototype.logs = function () {
return this.messages();
};
module.exports = Filter;