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doc: add `added:` information for events

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7822
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
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Luigi Pinca 9 years ago
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doc/api/events.md

@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ myEmitter.emit('error', new Error('whoops!'));
```
## Class: EventEmitter
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.26
-->
The `EventEmitter` class is defined and exposed by the `events` module:
@ -178,6 +181,9 @@ All EventEmitters emit the event `'newListener'` when new listeners are
added and `'removeListener'` when existing listeners are removed.
### Event: 'newListener'
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.26
-->
* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event being listened for
* `listener` {Function} The event handler function
@ -214,6 +220,9 @@ myEmitter.emit('event');
```
### Event: 'removeListener'
<!-- YAML
added: v0.9.3
-->
* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The event name
* `listener` {Function} The event handler function
@ -221,6 +230,10 @@ myEmitter.emit('event');
The `'removeListener'` event is emitted *after* the `listener` is removed.
### EventEmitter.listenerCount(emitter, eventName)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.9.12
deprecated: v4.0.0
-->
> Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`emitter.listenerCount()`][] instead.
@ -236,6 +249,9 @@ console.log(EventEmitter.listenerCount(myEmitter, 'event'));
```
### EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners
<!-- YAML
added: v0.11.2
-->
By default, a maximum of `10` listeners can be registered for any single
event. This limit can be changed for individual `EventEmitter` instances
@ -263,10 +279,16 @@ emitter.once('event', () => {
```
### emitter.addListener(eventName, listener)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.26
-->
Alias for `emitter.on(eventName, listener)`.
### emitter.emit(eventName[, arg1][, arg2][, ...])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.26
-->
Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event named
`eventName`, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments
@ -275,6 +297,9 @@ to each.
Returns `true` if the event had listeners, `false` otherwise.
### emitter.eventNames()
<!-- YAML
added: v6.0.0
-->
Returns an array listing the events for which the emitter has registered
listeners. The values in the array will be strings or Symbols.
@ -293,18 +318,27 @@ console.log(myEE.eventNames());
```
### emitter.getMaxListeners()
<!-- YAML
added: v1.0.0
-->
Returns the current max listener value for the `EventEmitter` which is either
set by [`emitter.setMaxListeners(n)`][] or defaults to
[`EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners`][].
### emitter.listenerCount(eventName)
<!-- YAML
added: v3.2.0
-->
* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event being listened for
Returns the number of listeners listening to the event named `eventName`.
### emitter.listeners(eventName)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.26
-->
Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named `eventName`.
@ -317,6 +351,9 @@ console.log(util.inspect(server.listeners('connection')));
```
### emitter.on(eventName, listener)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.101
-->
* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event.
* `listener` {Function} The callback function
@ -350,6 +387,9 @@ myEE.emit('foo');
```
### emitter.once(eventName, listener)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.3.0
-->
* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event.
* `listener` {Function} The callback function
@ -380,6 +420,9 @@ myEE.emit('foo');
```
### emitter.prependListener(eventName, listener)
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added: v6.0.0
-->
* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event.
* `listener` {Function} The callback function
@ -399,6 +442,9 @@ server.prependListener('connection', (stream) => {
Returns a reference to the `EventEmitter`, so that calls can be chained.
### emitter.prependOnceListener(eventName, listener)
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added: v6.0.0
-->
* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event.
* `listener` {Function} The callback function
@ -416,6 +462,9 @@ server.prependOnceListener('connection', (stream) => {
Returns a reference to the `EventEmitter`, so that calls can be chained.
### emitter.removeAllListeners([eventName])
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added: v0.1.26
-->
Removes all listeners, or those of the specified `eventName`.
@ -426,6 +475,9 @@ component or module (e.g. sockets or file streams).
Returns a reference to the `EventEmitter`, so that calls can be chained.
### emitter.removeListener(eventName, listener)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.26
-->
Removes the specified `listener` from the listener array for the event named
`eventName`.
@ -490,6 +542,9 @@ the `emitter.listeners()` method will need to be recreated.
Returns a reference to the `EventEmitter`, so that calls can be chained.
### emitter.setMaxListeners(n)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.3.5
-->
By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than `10` listeners are
added for a particular event. This is a useful default that helps finding

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