CheapState

A namespaceable localStorage pub/sub utility for the masses.

Event-driven, persistent state management built on top of localStorage and sessionStorage.

Examples

Instantiantiating:

const pointsStorage = new CheapState('points');
pointsStorage.set('paceaux', 10);

Optionally, instantiate with sessionStorage:

const pointsStorage = new CheapState('points', 'session');

Saving & Getting items

pointsStorage.set('frank', 10);
pointsStorage.get('frank');// 10

Saving an object

pointsStorage.setObject({
    'frank': 10,
    'joe': 20,
    'sally': 30
});
pointsStorage.get('frank'); // 10

Saving a map

const points = new Map([
    ['frank', 10],
    ['joe', 20],
    ['sally', 30]
]);

pointsStorage.setObject(points);
pointsStorage.get('frank'); // 10

Deleting and Clearing

Delete an item

pointsStorage.delete('sally');

Clearing the storage

pointsStorage.clear();

Adding & subscribing

const badgeEls = document.querySelectorAll('.badge');
badgeEls.forEach((badgeEl) => {
    updateBadge(badgeEl)

    // add a subscriber
    pointsStorage.subscribe((payload) => {
        // does the key match this element's key?
        if (payload.key === badgeEl.dataset.key) {
            // update it!
            updateBadge(badgeEl);
        }
    });
});

API

CheapState

Global Class

new CheapState(namespace, type)

Parameters

name	type	Description
namespace	string	the namespaces that goes with the CheapState class
type	string	local or session

Static Methods

getNameSpacedKeyName(namespace, keyname)

Parameters

name	type	Description
namespace	string	the namespaces that goes with the CheapState class
keyname	string	the keyname to be namespaced

Returns

string with with <namespace>.<keyname>.

convertValue(value)

Makes a value safe to be stored in localStorage.

Parameters

name	type	Description
value	any	the value to be converted to a string

Returns

string version of the value.

unconvertValue(value)

Converts a string into a JavaScript value;

Parameters

name	type	Description
value	any	the value to be converted from a string

Returns

any version of the value.

registerNamespace(namespace, storage)

Adds a namespace to storage

name	type	Description
namespace	string	Adds a namespace to storage
storage	Storage	either the localStorage or sessionStorage object

Instance Members

namespace

string the namespace for the CheapState instance.

observers

Function[] a list of the observers for the CheapState instance.

namespaces

string[] a list of the namespaces in storage.

storage

Storage either localStorage or sessionStorage.

items

Map<'string', any> all of the items in storage for the given namespace.

size

number the number of items in storage for the given namespace.

length

number the number of items in storage for the given namespace. (alias for size)

Instance Methods

hasNamespace(namespace)

Determines if a namespace already exists

Parameters

name	type	Description
namespace	string	the namespace to check

Returns

boolean if the namespace exists.

set(key, value)

Sets an item into storage

Parameters

name	type	Description
key	string	the key to set
value	any	the value to set

setObject(dataObject)

Sets an object's keys and values into storage.

Parameters

name	type	Description
dataObject	Object	Map

get(key)

Gets an item from storage.

Parameters

name	type	Description
key	string	an unnamespaced key name

Returns

any the value of the key.

has(key)

Determines if an item exists in storage.

Parameters

name	type	Description
key	string	an unnamespaced key name

Returns

boolean whether the key exists.

delete(key)

Deletes an item from storage.

Parameters

name	type	Description
key	string	an unnamespaced key
name

clear()

Deletes all items in the namespaced storage.

Parameters

name	type	Description
key	string	an unnamespaced key name

subscribe(observable)

Adds a function to observables; allows it to receive a payload when storage changes

Parameters

name	type	Description
observable	Function	a function that should fire when a change happens to storage

unsubscribe(observable)

Removes a function from observables

name	type	Description
observable	Function	a function to remove

notify(data)

Sends a payload to the observer

name	type	Description
data	any	a message to send when a change happens. It's sent to all observers.