# node-event-hijack

**Repository Path**: mirrors_TooTallNate/node-event-hijack

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: node-event-hijack
- **Description**: Hijacks the specified EventEmitter event
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-18
- **Last Updated**: 2026-07-11

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## README

node-event-hijack
=================
### Hijacks the specified EventEmitter event
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Hijacks the specified EventEmitter event name.


Installation
------------

``` bash
$ npm install event-hijack
```


Example
-------

``` javascript
var hijack = require('event-hijack');
var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;

// our test subject "emitter" instance
var emitter = new EventEmitter();

// you can use the emitter normally
emitter.on('thing', function () {
  console.log('got "thing"');
});

emitter.emit('thing');


// once you "hijack" the event, subsequent listeners added for that
// event will *not* be added as regular listeners for that event
var emitThing = hijack(emitter, 'thing', function () {
  console.log('this is an *original* "thing" event');
});

// this will *not* be a "thing" listener. instead, you must
// invoke `emitThing()` for this callback to be invoked
emitter.on('thing', function () {
  console.log('this is a *hijacked* event listener');
});

// emit a fake "thing" event, the original listener will not be invoked,
// but the hijacked listener *will* be invoked
emitThing();
```