- Intent
- When an object changes, notify all interested parties
- Motivation
- events, synchronisation, ...
- Implementation
- Use hooks pattern at and after to implement the observer
- No implementation needed in the Subject class
- Example
//initialisation $hs = new hooks(); $observer = new interested_party(); $change_method = array($object, 'setter'); //setup change point(can be done externally from $change method) $hs->at('change', $change_method); //express interest $hs->after('change', array($obesrver, 'callback')); $hs->run($arg);- Note
- The precise implementation of the hooks may differ, depending on functionality, abstraction, sugar, ... Have a look at the drupal hooks as well.