Context

new Context(broker, action)

Context class for action calls

Properties

Property	Type	Default	Description
id	String	-	Context ID
broker	ServiceBroker	-	Broker instance
action	Action	-	Action definition
nodeID		-	Node ID
parentID	String	-	Parent Context ID
metrics	Boolean	-	Need send metrics events
level		-	Level of context

Static Members

constructor

new Context(broker: ServiceBroker, action: Action)

Creates an instance of Context.

Parameters

Property	Type	Default	Description
broker	ServiceBroker	-	Broker instance
action	Action	-	Action definition

Examples

let ctx = new Context(broker, action);

let ctx2 = new Context(broker, action);

create

create(broker: ServiceBroker, action: Object, nodeID, params, opts: Object): Context

Create a new Context instance.

Parameters

Property	Type	Default	Description
broker	ServiceBroker	-	-
action	Object	-	-
nodeID		-	-
params		-	-
opts	Object	-	-

setParams

setParams(newParams: Object, cloning: Boolean)

Set params of context

Parameters

Property	Type	Default	Description
newParams	Object	-	-
cloning	Boolean	-	-

call

call(actionName: String, params, opts): Promise

Call an other action. It creates a sub-context.

Parameters

Property	Type	Default	Description
actionName	String	-	-
params		-	-
opts		-	-

Examples

Call an other service with params & options

ctx.call("posts.get", { id: 12 }, { timeout: 1000 });

emit

emit(eventName: string, data, groups, payload: any)

Emit an event (grouped & balanced global event)

Parameters

Property	Type	Default	Description
eventName	string	-	-
groups		-	-
payload	any	-	-

Examples

ctx.emit("user.created", { entity: user, creator: ctx.meta.user });

broadcast

broadcast(eventName: string, data, groups, payload: any)

Emit an event for all local & remote services

Parameters

Property	Type	Default	Description
eventName	string	-	-
groups		-	-
payload	any	-	-

Examples

ctx.broadcast("user.created", { entity: user, creator: ctx.meta.user });