has no method of emit in node.js

Question

I made a simple example like below, and I got a error saying 'has no method of 'emit' ', what is the issue ?

var events = require('events');
var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
var util = require('util');

var Door = function (options) {
    events.EventEmitter.call(this);
}   

util.inherits(Door, EventEmitter);


Door.prototype = {
    open:function(){
       this.emit('open');
    }
}

var frontDoor = new Door('brown');

frontDoor.on('open', function() {
    console.log('ring ring ring');
  });
frontDoor.open();

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 04 '15 at 13:02

1

You are replacing the prototype of Door with a new object, which overwrites (/removes) the EventEmitter prototype methods as well:

Door.prototype = {
    open:function(){
       this.emit('open');
    }
}

Instead, just add a single entry to the existing prototype:

Door.prototype.open = function() {
  this.emit('open');
};

answered Aug 04 '15 at 13:02

robertklep

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Hi, @robertklep, it works well. just wonder is there alliterative to keep the Door.prototype = { xxx:function(){} } while can adding the eventemitter. – user824624 Aug 04 '15 at 17:19
@user824624 I don't think there's an easy way, no. – robertklep Aug 04 '15 at 17:23

has no method of emit in node.js

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