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src/types/Events.zig

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+pub const Events = @This();
+
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const Hook = @import("Hook.zig");
+
+const Node = struct {
+  hook: *const Hook,
+  node: std.SinglyLinkedList.Node,
+};
+
+events: std.StringHashMap(*std.SinglyLinkedList),
+allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+
+pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Events {
+  return Events{
+    .allocator = allocator,
+    .events = .init(allocator),
+  };
+}
+
+pub fn put(self: *Events, key: []const u8, hook: *const Hook) !void {
+  var ll: *std.SinglyLinkedList = undefined;
+  if (self.events.get(key)) |sll| {
+    ll = sll;
+  } else {
+    ll = try self.allocator.create(std.SinglyLinkedList);
+    try self.events.put(key, ll);
+    if (self.events.get(key)) |sll| {
+      ll = sll;
+    }
+  }
+  const data = try self.allocator.create(Node);
+  data.* = .{
+    .hook = hook,
+    .node = .{},
+  };
+  ll.prepend(&data.node);
+}
+
+// TODO: figure out deletion
+// pub fn del(self: *Events, key: ???) !void {}
+
+pub fn exec(self: *Events, event: []const u8, args: anytype) void {
+  if (self.events.get(event)) |e| {
+    var node = e.first;
+    while (node) |n| : (node = n.next) {
+      const data: *Node = @fieldParentPtr("node", n);
+      data.hook.callback(args);
+
+      // FIXME: not sure why but for some reason our ll doesn't seem to want to
+      // admit that there's nothing after the first node.
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+}