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

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

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Constructors

externalconstructor

  • Parameters

    • externaloptionaloptions: {}

      Returns LoggerText

    Properties

    staticexternalinheritedcaptureRejections

    captureRejections: boolean

    Value: boolean

    Change the default captureRejections option on all new EventEmitter objects.

    @since

    v13.4.0, v12.16.0

    staticexternalreadonlyinheritedcaptureRejectionSymbol

    captureRejectionSymbol: typeof captureRejectionSymbol

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

    See how to write a custom rejection handler.

    @since

    v13.4.0, v12.16.0

    staticexternalinheriteddefaultMaxListeners

    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.defaultMaxListeners property can be used. If this value is not a positive number, a RangeError is thrown.

    Take caution when setting the events.defaultMaxListeners because the change affects all EventEmitter 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 single EventEmitter, 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

    staticexternalreadonlyinheritederrorMonitor

    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

    external_log

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

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

      Returns string

    externalinherited_outputWithConsole

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

      • externallevel: LogLevel
      • externalline: string

      Returns void

    externaloptionalinherited[captureRejectionSymbol]

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

      • externalerror: Error
      • externalevent: string | symbol
      • externalrest...args: AnyRest

      Returns void

    externalinheritedaddListener

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

      @since

      v0.1.26


      Parameters

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

        Returns this

      externalinheritedemit

      • emit(eventName: string | symbol, ...args: AnyRest): boolean
      • Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event named eventName, 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: AnyRest

        Returns boolean

      externalinheritedeventNames

      • 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)[]

      externalinheritedgetMaxListeners

      • 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

      externalinheritedgetOptions

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

      externalinheritedlistenerCount

      • 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

      externalinheritedlisteners

      • 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[]

      externalinheritedlog

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

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

        Returns void

      externalinheritedoff

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

        @since

        v10.0.0


        Parameters

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

          Returns this

        externalinheritedon

        • on(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this
        • 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 eventName and 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. The emitter.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 this

          externalinheritedonce

          • once(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this
          • Adds a one-time listener 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. The emitter.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 this

            externalinheritedprependListener

            • prependListener(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this
            • 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 eventName and 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 this

              externalinheritedprependOnceListener

              • prependOnceListener(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this
              • 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 this

                externalinheritedrawListeners

                • 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[]

                externalinheritedremoveAllListeners

                • removeAllListeners(eventName?: string | symbol): this
                • 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

                  • externaloptionaleventName: string | symbol

                  Returns this

                externalinheritedremoveListener

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

                  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 any removeListener() 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 this

                  externalinheritedsetMaxListeners

                  • setMaxListeners(n: number): this
                  • 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 to Infinity (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 this

                  externalinheritedsetOptions

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

                    • externaloptions: Record<string, any>

                    Returns void

                  staticexternalinheritedaddAbortListener

                  • 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.

                    staticexternalinheritedgetEventListeners

                    • getEventListeners(emitter: EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget, 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<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget
                      • externalname: string | symbol

                      Returns Function[]

                    staticexternalinheritedgetMaxListeners

                    • getMaxListeners(emitter: EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget): 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<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget

                      Returns number

                    staticexternalinheritedlistenerCount

                    • listenerCount(emitter: EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap>, eventName: string | symbol): number
                    • A class method that returns the number of listeners for the given eventName registered 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<DefaultEventMap>

                        The emitter to query

                      • externaleventName: string | symbol

                        The event name

                      Returns number

                    staticexternalinheritedon

                    • on(emitter: EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap>, eventName: string | symbol, options?: StaticEventEmitterIteratorOptions): AsyncIterator<any[], any, any>
                    • on(emitter: EventTarget, eventName: string, options?: StaticEventEmitterIteratorOptions): AsyncIterator<any[], any, 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());

                      Use the close option to specify an array of event names that will end the iteration:

                      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);
                      ee.emit('close');
                      });

                      for await (const event of on(ee, 'foo', { close: ['close'] })) {
                      console.log(event); // prints ['bar'] [42]
                      }
                      // the loop will exit after 'close' is emitted
                      console.log('done'); // prints 'done'
                      @since

                      v13.6.0, v12.16.0


                      Parameters

                      • externalemitter: EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap>
                      • externaleventName: string | symbol
                      • externaloptionaloptions: StaticEventEmitterIteratorOptions

                      Returns AsyncIterator<any[], any, any>

                      An AsyncIterator that iterates eventName events emitted by the emitter

                    staticexternalinheritedonce

                    • once(emitter: EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap>, eventName: string | symbol, options?: StaticEventEmitterOptions): Promise<any[]>
                    • once(emitter: EventTarget, 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: EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap>
                      • externaleventName: string | symbol
                      • externaloptionaloptions: StaticEventEmitterOptions

                      Returns Promise<any[]>

                    staticexternalinheritedsetMaxListeners

                    • setMaxListeners(n?: number, ...eventTargets: (EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget)[]): 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<DefaultEventMap> | EventTarget)[]

                        Zero or more {EventTarget} or {EventEmitter} instances. If none are specified, n is set as the default max for all newly created {EventTarget} and {EventEmitter} objects.

                      Returns void