Refactor to allow dispatching of two kinds of Actions

They are:
 1. The existing type of Action, Objects with an `action` type.
 1. Asyncronous Actions, functions that accept a `dispatch` argument, which can be used to dispatch Actions asyncronously.
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Luke Barnard 2017-12-12 17:32:43 +00:00
parent 60d8ebb914
commit 13925db251
5 changed files with 37 additions and 31 deletions

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@ -20,14 +20,24 @@ const flux = require("flux");
class MatrixDispatcher extends flux.Dispatcher {
/**
* @param {Object} payload Required. The payload to dispatch.
* Must contain at least an 'action' key.
* @param {Object|function} payload Required. The payload to dispatch.
* If an Object, must contain at least an 'action' key.
* If a function, must have the signature (dispatch) => {...}.
* @param {boolean=} sync Optional. Pass true to dispatch
* synchronously. This is useful for anything triggering
* an operation that the browser requires user interaction
* for.
*/
dispatch(payload, sync) {
// Allow for asynchronous dispatching by accepting payloads that have the
// type `function (dispatch) {...}`
if (typeof payload === 'function') {
payload((action) => {
this.dispatch(action, sync);
});
return;
}
if (sync) {
super.dispatch(payload);
} else {