Broadcaster.PubSub.Framework 1.0.0

Broadcaster

A lightweight, simple, and efficient system to replace clunky, memory-leak inducing, typical event subscriptions in .NET Standard.

Typcial event subscriptions like this:

SomeObservableCollection.CollectionChanged += (s,e) => Ahandler();

...will always result in a memory leak. This forces the conscientious developer to create a method like this:

SomeObservableCollection.CollectionChanged += OnCollectionChanged;
...
private void OnCollectionChanged(object sender, CollectionChangedEventArgs a) 
{
... do some stuff ...
}

And then when the subscription is no longer desired:

SomeObservableCollection.CollectionChanged -= OnCollectionChanged;

If used correctly, this will never create a memory leak (emphasis on 'if'). This mechanism is clunky, wordy, and obtuse.

UI still and probably will always require true events (marked with the event keyword) to latch onto, but for the rest of the business code, I think we'd all prefer something a bit...cleaner and easier to use.

Broadcaster provides a frameworkd for easily listening for, handling, and unsubscribing from events that allows the use of lambdas (!!).
It's a thing of beauty to use in a large application (which I have) and once this easy to use system is understood, it is simple to unsubscribe to any and all events. If you are familiar with the Reactive framework, then this will be right up your alley.

The syntax is similar to subscribing to a Reactive event, but less wordy and obtuse, but it does follow the same disposable token methodology (because that is far and above the best way to subscribe/unsubscribe from events).

If you are already using the Reactive framework, just use their event pattern. This is a lightweight framework that just focuses on simple event subscription/unsubscription and nothing else.

If you're using the EventAggregator or some other PubSub mechanism, this may be a better alternative b/c it is strongly typed when it can be, but allows loose typing with enums, too. And it awaits all handlers! Can be used in a global scope, or a local scope.

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Pull Requests

I welcome and encourage all pull requests. It usually will take me within 24-72 hours to respond to any issue or request. Here are some basic rules to follow to ensure timely addition of your request:

1. Match coding style (braces, spacing, etc.), or I will do it for you
2. If its a feature, bugfix, or anything please only change code to what you specify.
3. Please keep PR titles easy to read and descriptive of changes, this will make them easier to merge 😃
4. Pull requests must be made against develop branch. Any other branch (unless specified by the maintainers) will get rejected.
5. Check for existing issues first, before filing an issue.
6. Make sure you follow the set standard as all other projects in this repo do

Created & Maintained By

Brent Bulla (@outbred) (Insta)

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License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018 Brent Bulla

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