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Version: 3.6

externalLogger

This is an abstract class that should be extended by custom logger classes.

this._log() method must be implemented by them.

Hierarchy

Index

Constructors

externalconstructor

  • new Logger(options: Record<string, any>): Logger
  • Parameters

    • externaloptions: Record<string, any>

    Returns Logger

Properties

staticexternalreadonlycaptureRejectionSymbol

captureRejectionSymbol: typeof captureRejectionSymbol

Value: Symbol.for('nodejs.rejection')

See how to write a custom rejection handler.

@since

v13.4.0, v12.16.0

staticexternalcaptureRejections

captureRejections: boolean

Value: boolean

Change the default captureRejections option on all new EventEmitter objects.

@since

v13.4.0, v12.16.0

staticexternaldefaultMaxListeners

defaultMaxListeners: number

By default, a maximum of 10 listeners can be registered for any single event. This limit can be changed for individual EventEmitter instances using the emitter.setMaxListeners(n) method. To change the default for allEventEmitter instances, the events.defaultMaxListenersproperty can be used. If this value is not a positive number, a RangeErroris thrown.

Take caution when setting the events.defaultMaxListeners because the change affects allEventEmitter instances, including those created before the change is made. However, calling emitter.setMaxListeners(n) still has precedence over events.defaultMaxListeners.

This is not a hard limit. The EventEmitter instance will allow more listeners to be added but will output a trace warning to stderr indicating that a "possible EventEmitter memory leak" has been detected. For any singleEventEmitter, the emitter.getMaxListeners() and emitter.setMaxListeners()methods can be used to temporarily avoid this warning:

import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
const emitter = new EventEmitter();
emitter.setMaxListeners(emitter.getMaxListeners() + 1);
emitter.once('event', () => {
// do stuff
emitter.setMaxListeners(Math.max(emitter.getMaxListeners() - 1, 0));
});

The --trace-warnings command-line flag can be used to display the stack trace for such warnings.

The emitted warning can be inspected with process.on('warning') and will have the additional emitter, type, and count properties, referring to the event emitter instance, the event's name and the number of attached listeners, respectively. Its name property is set to 'MaxListenersExceededWarning'.

@since

v0.11.2

staticexternalreadonlyerrorMonitor

errorMonitor: typeof errorMonitor

This symbol shall be used to install a listener for only monitoring 'error'events. Listeners installed using this symbol are called before the regular'error' listeners are called.

Installing a listener using this symbol does not change the behavior once an'error' event is emitted. Therefore, the process will still crash if no regular 'error' listener is installed.

@since

v13.6.0, v12.17.0

Methods

externaloptional[captureRejectionSymbol]

  • [captureRejectionSymbol](error: Error, event: string, ...args: any[]): void
  • Parameters

    • externalerror: Error
    • externalevent: string
    • externalrest...args: any[]

    Returns void

external_log

  • _log(level: LogLevel, message: string, data?: any, exception?: Exception, opts?: Record<string, any>): void
  • Parameters

    • externallevel: LogLevel
    • externalmessage: string
    • externaloptionaldata: any
    • externaloptionalexception: Exception
    • externaloptionalopts: Record<string, any>

    Returns void

external_outputWithConsole

  • _outputWithConsole(level: LogLevel, line: string): void
  • Parameters

    • externallevel: LogLevel
    • externalline: string

    Returns void

externaladdListener

  • addListener(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): Logger
  • Alias for emitter.on(eventName, listener).

    @since

    v0.1.26


    Parameters

    • externaleventName: string | symbol
    • externallistener: (...args: any[]) => void

      Returns Logger

    externalemit

    • emit(eventName: string | symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean
    • Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event namedeventName, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments to each.

      Returns true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

      import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
      const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();

      // First listener
      myEmitter.on('event', function firstListener() {
      console.log('Helloooo! first listener');
      });
      // Second listener
      myEmitter.on('event', function secondListener(arg1, arg2) {
      console.log(`event with parameters ${arg1}, ${arg2} in second listener`);
      });
      // Third listener
      myEmitter.on('event', function thirdListener(...args) {
      const parameters = args.join(', ');
      console.log(`event with parameters ${parameters} in third listener`);
      });

      console.log(myEmitter.listeners('event'));

      myEmitter.emit('event', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

      // Prints:
      // [
      // [Function: firstListener],
      // [Function: secondListener],
      // [Function: thirdListener]
      // ]
      // Helloooo! first listener
      // event with parameters 1, 2 in second listener
      // event with parameters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in third listener
      @since

      v0.1.26


      Parameters

      • externaleventName: string | symbol
      • externalrest...args: any[]

      Returns boolean

    externaleventNames

    • eventNames(): (string | symbol)[]
    • Returns an array listing the events for which the emitter has registered listeners. The values in the array are strings or Symbols.

      import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

      const myEE = new EventEmitter();
      myEE.on('foo', () => {});
      myEE.on('bar', () => {});

      const sym = Symbol('symbol');
      myEE.on(sym, () => {});

      console.log(myEE.eventNames());
      // Prints: [ 'foo', 'bar', Symbol(symbol) ]
      @since

      v6.0.0


      Returns (string | symbol)[]

    externalgetMaxListeners

    • getMaxListeners(): number
    • Returns the current max listener value for the EventEmitter which is either set by emitter.setMaxListeners(n) or defaults to defaultMaxListeners.

      @since

      v1.0.0


      Returns number

    externalgetOptions

    • getOptions(): Record<string, any>
    • Returns Record<string, any>

    externallistenerCount

    • listenerCount(eventName: string | symbol, listener?: Function): number
    • Returns the number of listeners listening for the event named eventName. If listener is provided, it will return how many times the listener is found in the list of the listeners of the event.

      @since

      v3.2.0


      Parameters

      • externaleventName: string | symbol

        The name of the event being listened for

      • externaloptionallistener: Function

        The event handler function

      Returns number

    externallisteners

    • listeners(eventName: string | symbol): Function[]
    • Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

      server.on('connection', (stream) => {
      console.log('someone connected!');
      });
      console.log(util.inspect(server.listeners('connection')));
      // Prints: [ [Function] ]
      @since

      v0.1.26


      Parameters

      • externaleventName: string | symbol

      Returns Function[]

    externallog

    • log(level: LogLevel, message: string, ...args: any[]): void
    • Parameters

      • externallevel: LogLevel
      • externalmessage: string
      • externalrest...args: any[]

      Returns void

    externaloff

    • off(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): Logger
    • Alias for emitter.removeListener().

      @since

      v10.0.0


      Parameters

      • externaleventName: string | symbol
      • externallistener: (...args: any[]) => void

        Returns Logger

      externalon

      • on(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): Logger
      • Adds the listener function to the end of the listeners array for the event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventNameand listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

        server.on('connection', (stream) => {
        console.log('someone connected!');
        });

        Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

        By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. Theemitter.prependListener() method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

        import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
        const myEE = new EventEmitter();
        myEE.on('foo', () => console.log('a'));
        myEE.prependListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
        myEE.emit('foo');
        // Prints:
        // b
        // a
        @since

        v0.1.101


        Parameters

        • externaleventName: string | symbol

          The name of the event.

        • externallistener: (...args: any[]) => void

          The callback function

          Returns Logger

        externalonce

        • once(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): Logger
        • Adds a one-timelistener function for the event named eventName. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed and then invoked.

          server.once('connection', (stream) => {
          console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
          });

          Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

          By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. Theemitter.prependOnceListener() method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

          import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
          const myEE = new EventEmitter();
          myEE.once('foo', () => console.log('a'));
          myEE.prependOnceListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
          myEE.emit('foo');
          // Prints:
          // b
          // a
          @since

          v0.3.0


          Parameters

          • externaleventName: string | symbol

            The name of the event.

          • externallistener: (...args: any[]) => void

            The callback function

            Returns Logger

          externalprependListener

          • prependListener(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): Logger
          • Adds the listener function to the beginning of the listeners array for the event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventNameand listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

            server.prependListener('connection', (stream) => {
            console.log('someone connected!');
            });

            Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

            @since

            v6.0.0


            Parameters

            • externaleventName: string | symbol

              The name of the event.

            • externallistener: (...args: any[]) => void

              The callback function

              Returns Logger

            externalprependOnceListener

            • prependOnceListener(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): Logger
            • Adds a one-timelistener function for the event named eventName to the beginning of the listeners array. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed, and then invoked.

              server.prependOnceListener('connection', (stream) => {
              console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
              });

              Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

              @since

              v6.0.0


              Parameters

              • externaleventName: string | symbol

                The name of the event.

              • externallistener: (...args: any[]) => void

                The callback function

                Returns Logger

              externalrawListeners

              • rawListeners(eventName: string | symbol): Function[]
              • Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName, including any wrappers (such as those created by .once()).

                import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
                const emitter = new EventEmitter();
                emitter.once('log', () => console.log('log once'));

                // Returns a new Array with a function `onceWrapper` which has a property
                // `listener` which contains the original listener bound above
                const listeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');
                const logFnWrapper = listeners[0];

                // Logs "log once" to the console and does not unbind the `once` event
                logFnWrapper.listener();

                // Logs "log once" to the console and removes the listener
                logFnWrapper();

                emitter.on('log', () => console.log('log persistently'));
                // Will return a new Array with a single function bound by `.on()` above
                const newListeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');

                // Logs "log persistently" twice
                newListeners[0]();
                emitter.emit('log');
                @since

                v9.4.0


                Parameters

                • externaleventName: string | symbol

                Returns Function[]

              externalremoveAllListeners

              • removeAllListeners(event?: string | symbol): Logger
              • Removes all listeners, or those of the specified eventName.

                It is bad practice to remove listeners added elsewhere in the code, particularly when the EventEmitter instance was created by some other component or module (e.g. sockets or file streams).

                Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

                @since

                v0.1.26


                Parameters

                • externaloptionalevent: string | symbol

                Returns Logger

              externalremoveListener

              • removeListener(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): Logger
              • Removes the specified listener from the listener array for the event namedeventName.

                const callback = (stream) => {
                console.log('someone connected!');
                };
                server.on('connection', callback);
                // ...
                server.removeListener('connection', callback);

                removeListener() will remove, at most, one instance of a listener from the listener array. If any single listener has been added multiple times to the listener array for the specified eventName, then removeListener() must be called multiple times to remove each instance.

                Once an event is emitted, all listeners attached to it at the time of emitting are called in order. This implies that anyremoveListener() or removeAllListeners() calls after emitting and before the last listener finishes execution will not remove them fromemit() in progress. Subsequent events behave as expected.

                import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
                class MyEmitter extends EventEmitter {}
                const myEmitter = new MyEmitter();

                const callbackA = () => {
                console.log('A');
                myEmitter.removeListener('event', callbackB);
                };

                const callbackB = () => {
                console.log('B');
                };

                myEmitter.on('event', callbackA);

                myEmitter.on('event', callbackB);

                // callbackA removes listener callbackB but it will still be called.
                // Internal listener array at time of emit [callbackA, callbackB]
                myEmitter.emit('event');
                // Prints:
                // A
                // B

                // callbackB is now removed.
                // Internal listener array [callbackA]
                myEmitter.emit('event');
                // Prints:
                // A

                Because listeners are managed using an internal array, calling this will change the position indices of any listener registered after the listener being removed. This will not impact the order in which listeners are called, but it means that any copies of the listener array as returned by the emitter.listeners() method will need to be recreated.

                When a single function has been added as a handler multiple times for a single event (as in the example below), removeListener() will remove the most recently added instance. In the example the once('ping')listener is removed:

                import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
                const ee = new EventEmitter();

                function pong() {
                console.log('pong');
                }

                ee.on('ping', pong);
                ee.once('ping', pong);
                ee.removeListener('ping', pong);

                ee.emit('ping');
                ee.emit('ping');

                Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

                @since

                v0.1.26


                Parameters

                • externaleventName: string | symbol
                • externallistener: (...args: any[]) => void

                  Returns Logger

                externalsetMaxListeners

                • setMaxListeners(n: number): Logger
                • 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 memory leaks. The emitter.setMaxListeners() method allows the limit to be modified for this specific EventEmitter instance. The value can be set toInfinity (or 0) to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.

                  Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

                  @since

                  v0.3.5


                  Parameters

                  • externaln: number

                  Returns Logger

                externalsetOptions

                • setOptions(options: Record<string, any>): void
                • Parameters

                  • externaloptions: Record<string, any>

                  Returns void

                staticexternaladdAbortListener

                • addAbortListener(signal: AbortSignal, resource: (event: Event) => void): Disposable
                • experimental

                  Listens once to the abort event on the provided signal.

                  Listening to the abort event on abort signals is unsafe and may lead to resource leaks since another third party with the signal can call e.stopImmediatePropagation(). Unfortunately Node.js cannot change this since it would violate the web standard. Additionally, the original API makes it easy to forget to remove listeners.

                  This API allows safely using AbortSignals in Node.js APIs by solving these two issues by listening to the event such that stopImmediatePropagation does not prevent the listener from running.

                  Returns a disposable so that it may be unsubscribed from more easily.

                  import { addAbortListener } from 'node:events';

                  function example(signal) {
                  let disposable;
                  try {
                  signal.addEventListener('abort', (e) => e.stopImmediatePropagation());
                  disposable = addAbortListener(signal, (e) => {
                  // Do something when signal is aborted.
                  });
                  } finally {
                  disposable?.[Symbol.dispose]();
                  }
                  }
                  @since

                  v20.5.0


                  Parameters

                  • externalsignal: AbortSignal
                  • externalresource: (event: Event) => void

                    Returns Disposable

                    Disposable that removes the abort listener.

                  staticexternalgetEventListeners

                  • getEventListeners(emitter: EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget, name: string | symbol): Function[]
                  • Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

                    For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .listeners on the emitter.

                    For EventTargets this is the only way to get the event listeners for the event target. This is useful for debugging and diagnostic purposes.

                    import { getEventListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

                    {
                    const ee = new EventEmitter();
                    const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
                    ee.on('foo', listener);
                    console.log(getEventListeners(ee, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
                    }
                    {
                    const et = new EventTarget();
                    const listener = () => console.log('Events are fun');
                    et.addEventListener('foo', listener);
                    console.log(getEventListeners(et, 'foo')); // [ [Function: listener] ]
                    }
                    @since

                    v15.2.0, v14.17.0


                    Parameters

                    • externalemitter: EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget
                    • externalname: string | symbol

                    Returns Function[]

                  staticexternalgetMaxListeners

                  • getMaxListeners(emitter: EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget): number
                  • Returns the currently set max amount of listeners.

                    For EventEmitters this behaves exactly the same as calling .getMaxListeners on the emitter.

                    For EventTargets this is the only way to get the max event listeners for the event target. If the number of event handlers on a single EventTarget exceeds the max set, the EventTarget will print a warning.

                    import { getMaxListeners, setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

                    {
                    const ee = new EventEmitter();
                    console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 10
                    setMaxListeners(11, ee);
                    console.log(getMaxListeners(ee)); // 11
                    }
                    {
                    const et = new EventTarget();
                    console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 10
                    setMaxListeners(11, et);
                    console.log(getMaxListeners(et)); // 11
                    }
                    @since

                    v19.9.0


                    Parameters

                    • externalemitter: EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget

                    Returns number

                  staticexternallistenerCount

                  • listenerCount(emitter: EventEmitter, eventName: string | symbol): number
                  • A class method that returns the number of listeners for the given eventNameregistered on the given emitter.

                    import { EventEmitter, listenerCount } from 'node:events';

                    const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();
                    myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
                    myEmitter.on('event', () => {});
                    console.log(listenerCount(myEmitter, 'event'));
                    // Prints: 2
                    @since

                    v0.9.12

                    @deprecated

                    Since v3.2.0 - Use listenerCount instead.


                    Parameters

                    • externalemitter: EventEmitter

                      The emitter to query

                    • externaleventName: string | symbol

                      The event name

                    Returns number

                  staticexternalon

                  • on(emitter: EventEmitter, eventName: string, options?: StaticEventEmitterOptions): AsyncIterableIterator<any>
                  • import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
                    import process from 'node:process';

                    const ee = new EventEmitter();

                    // Emit later on
                    process.nextTick(() => {
                    ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
                    ee.emit('foo', 42);
                    });

                    for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo')) {
                    // The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
                    // processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
                    // if concurrent execution is required.
                    console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
                    }
                    // Unreachable here

                    Returns an AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events. It will throw if the EventEmitter emits 'error'. It removes all listeners when exiting the loop. The value returned by each iteration is an array composed of the emitted event arguments.

                    An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting on events:

                    import { on, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
                    import process from 'node:process';

                    const ac = new AbortController();

                    (async () => {
                    const ee = new EventEmitter();

                    // Emit later on
                    process.nextTick(() => {
                    ee.emit('foo', 'bar');
                    ee.emit('foo', 42);
                    });

                    for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { signal: ac.signal })) {
                    // The execution of this inner block is synchronous and it
                    // processes one event at a time (even with await). Do not use
                    // if concurrent execution is required.
                    console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
                    }
                    // Unreachable here
                    })();

                    process.nextTick(() => ac.abort());
                    @since

                    v13.6.0, v12.16.0


                    Parameters

                    • externalemitter: EventEmitter
                    • externaleventName: string

                      The name of the event being listened for

                    • externaloptionaloptions: StaticEventEmitterOptions

                    Returns AsyncIterableIterator<any>

                    that iterates eventName events emitted by the emitter

                  staticexternalonce

                  • once(emitter: _NodeEventTarget, eventName: string | symbol, options?: StaticEventEmitterOptions): Promise<any[]>
                  • once(emitter: _DOMEventTarget, eventName: string, options?: StaticEventEmitterOptions): Promise<any[]>
                  • Creates a Promise that is fulfilled when the EventEmitter emits the given event or that is rejected if the EventEmitter emits 'error' while waiting. The Promise will resolve with an array of all the arguments emitted to the given event.

                    This method is intentionally generic and works with the web platform EventTarget interface, which has no special'error' event semantics and does not listen to the 'error' event.

                    import { once, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
                    import process from 'node:process';

                    const ee = new EventEmitter();

                    process.nextTick(() => {
                    ee.emit('myevent', 42);
                    });

                    const [value] = await once(ee, 'myevent');
                    console.log(value);

                    const err = new Error('kaboom');
                    process.nextTick(() => {
                    ee.emit('error', err);
                    });

                    try {
                    await once(ee, 'myevent');
                    } catch (err) {
                    console.error('error happened', err);
                    }

                    The special handling of the 'error' event is only used when events.once()is used to wait for another event. If events.once() is used to wait for the 'error' event itself, then it is treated as any other kind of event without special handling:

                    import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';

                    const ee = new EventEmitter();

                    once(ee, 'error')
                    .then(([err]) => console.log('ok', err.message))
                    .catch((err) => console.error('error', err.message));

                    ee.emit('error', new Error('boom'));

                    // Prints: ok boom

                    An AbortSignal can be used to cancel waiting for the event:

                    import { EventEmitter, once } from 'node:events';

                    const ee = new EventEmitter();
                    const ac = new AbortController();

                    async function foo(emitter, event, signal) {
                    try {
                    await once(emitter, event, { signal });
                    console.log('event emitted!');
                    } catch (error) {
                    if (error.name === 'AbortError') {
                    console.error('Waiting for the event was canceled!');
                    } else {
                    console.error('There was an error', error.message);
                    }
                    }
                    }

                    foo(ee, 'foo', ac.signal);
                    ac.abort(); // Abort waiting for the event
                    ee.emit('foo'); // Prints: Waiting for the event was canceled!
                    @since

                    v11.13.0, v10.16.0


                    Parameters

                    • externalemitter: _NodeEventTarget
                    • externaleventName: string | symbol
                    • externaloptionaloptions: StaticEventEmitterOptions

                    Returns Promise<any[]>

                  staticexternalsetMaxListeners

                  • setMaxListeners(n?: number, ...eventTargets: (EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget)[]): void
                  • import { setMaxListeners, EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

                    const target = new EventTarget();
                    const emitter = new EventEmitter();

                    setMaxListeners(5, target, emitter);
                    @since

                    v15.4.0


                    Parameters

                    • externaloptionaln: number

                      A non-negative number. The maximum number of listeners per EventTarget event.

                    • externalrest...eventTargets: (EventEmitter | _DOMEventTarget)[]

                    Returns void