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Coupling Systems Loosely with Callbacks


class MyObject 
  def initialize
    setup_listeners
  end

  def produce_widget(color)
    notify(:new_widget, color)
  end
  
  def setup_listeners
    @EventDispatcher_listeners = {}
  end

  def subscribe(event, &callback)
    (@EventDispatcher_listeners[event||= []) << callback
  end

  def notify(event, *args)
    if @EventDispatcher_listeners[event]
      @EventDispatcher_listeners[event].each do |m|
        m.call(*argsif m.respond_to? :call
      end
    end
    return nil
  end  
end
class MyObjectObserver
  def initialize(factory)
    @counts = Hash.new(0)
    factory.subscribe(:new_widgetdo |color|
      @counts[color+= 1
      puts "#{@counts[color]} #{color} widget(s) created."
    end
  end
end

f1 = MyObject.new
MyObjectObserver.new(f1)
f1.produce_widget("red")
f1.produce_widget("green")
f1.produce_widget("red")

 














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