feat: use interface for events

packages/client/README.md

@@ -267,43 +267,52 @@ This can be a new repository or included in [the existing contrib repository](ht
 You’ll then need to write the provider by implementing the [Provider interface](./src/provider/provider.ts) exported by the OpenFeature SDK.
 
 ```ts
-import { JsonValue, Provider, ResolutionDetails } from '@openfeature/web-sdk';
+import {
+  AnyProviderEvent,
+  EvaluationContext,
+  Hook,
+  JsonValue,
+  Logger,
+  Provider,
+  ProviderEventEmitter,
+  ProviderStatus,
+  ResolutionDetails
+} from '@openfeature/web-sdk';
 
 // implement the provider interface
 class MyProvider implements Provider {
   // Adds runtime validation that the provider is used with the expected SDK
-  public readonly runsOn = 'client';
-
+  public readonly runsOn = 'server';
   readonly metadata = {
     name: 'My Provider',
   } as const;
-
   // Optional provider managed hooks
-  hooks?: Hook<FlagValue>[];
-
+  hooks?: Hook[];
   resolveBooleanEvaluation(flagKey: string, defaultValue: boolean, context: EvaluationContext, logger: Logger): ResolutionDetails<boolean> {
     // code to evaluate a boolean
   }
-
   resolveStringEvaluation(flagKey: string, defaultValue: string, context: EvaluationContext, logger: Logger): ResolutionDetails<string> {
     // code to evaluate a string
   }
-
   resolveNumberEvaluation(flagKey: string, defaultValue: number, context: EvaluationContext, logger: Logger): ResolutionDetails<number> {
     // code to evaluate a number
   }
-
   resolveObjectEvaluation<T extends JsonValue>(flagKey: string, defaultValue: T, context: EvaluationContext, logger: Logger): ResolutionDetails<T> {
     // code to evaluate an object
   }
 
+  onContextChange?(oldContext: EvaluationContext, newContext: EvaluationContext): Promise<void> {
+    // reconcile the provider's cached flags, if applicable
+  }
+
   status?: ProviderStatus | undefined;
-  events?: OpenFeatureEventEmitter | undefined;
+
+  // implement with "new OpenFeatureEventEmitter()", and use "emit()" to emit events
+  events?: ProviderEventEmitter<AnyProviderEvent> | undefined; 
 
   initialize?(context?: EvaluationContext | undefined): Promise<void> {
     // code to initialize your provider
   }
-
   onClose?(): Promise<void> {
     // code to shut down your provider
   }

packages/server/README.md

@@ -271,43 +271,48 @@ This can be a new repository or included in [the existing contrib repository](ht
 You’ll then need to write the provider by implementing the [Provider interface](./src/provider/provider.ts) exported by the OpenFeature SDK.
 
 ```ts
-import { JsonValue, Provider, ResolutionDetails } from '@openfeature/server-sdk';
+import {
+  AnyProviderEvent,
+  EvaluationContext,
+  Hook,
+  JsonValue,
+  Logger,
+  Provider,
+  ProviderEventEmitter,
+  ProviderStatus,
+  ResolutionDetails
+} from '@openfeature/server-sdk';
 
 // implement the provider interface
 class MyProvider implements Provider {
   // Adds runtime validation that the provider is used with the expected SDK
   public readonly runsOn = 'server';
-
   readonly metadata = {
     name: 'My Provider',
   } as const;
-
   // Optional provider managed hooks
-  hooks?: Hook<FlagValue>[];
-
+  hooks?: Hook[];
   resolveBooleanEvaluation(flagKey: string, defaultValue: boolean, context: EvaluationContext, logger: Logger): Promise<ResolutionDetails<boolean>> {
     // code to evaluate a boolean
   }
-
   resolveStringEvaluation(flagKey: string, defaultValue: string, context: EvaluationContext, logger: Logger): Promise<ResolutionDetails<string>> {
     // code to evaluate a string
   }
-
   resolveNumberEvaluation(flagKey: string, defaultValue: number, context: EvaluationContext, logger: Logger): Promise<ResolutionDetails<number>> {
     // code to evaluate a number
   }
-
   resolveObjectEvaluation<T extends JsonValue>(flagKey: string, defaultValue: T, context: EvaluationContext, logger: Logger): Promise<ResolutionDetails<T>> {
     // code to evaluate an object
   }
 
   status?: ProviderStatus | undefined;
-  events?: OpenFeatureEventEmitter | undefined;
+
+  // implement with "new OpenFeatureEventEmitter()", and use "emit()" to emit events
+  events?: ProviderEventEmitter<AnyProviderEvent> | undefined; 
 
   initialize?(context?: EvaluationContext | undefined): Promise<void> {
     // code to initialize your provider
   }
-
   onClose?(): Promise<void> {
     // code to shut down your provider
   }

packages/shared/src/events/generic-event-emitter.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Logger, ManageLogger, SafeLogger } from '../logger';
+import { ProviderEventEmitter } from './provider-event-emitter';
 import { EventContext, EventDetails, EventHandler } from './eventing';
 import { AllProviderEvents, AnyProviderEvent } from './events';
 
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ import { AllProviderEvents, AnyProviderEvent } from './events';
  * in the event details.
  */
 export abstract class GenericEventEmitter<E extends AnyProviderEvent, AdditionalContext extends Record<string, unknown> = Record<string, unknown>>
-  implements ManageLogger<GenericEventEmitter<E, AdditionalContext>>
+  implements ProviderEventEmitter<E>, ManageLogger<GenericEventEmitter<E, AdditionalContext>>
 {
   protected abstract readonly eventEmitter: PlatformEventEmitter;
 

packages/shared/src/events/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+export * from './provider-event-emitter';
 export * from './event-utils';
 export * from './eventing';
 export * from './events';
 export * from './generic-event-emitter';
+

packages/shared/src/events/provider-event-emitter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { ManageLogger } from '../logger';
+import { EventContext, EventHandler } from './eventing';
+import { AnyProviderEvent } from './events';
+
+/**
+ * Event emitter to be optionally implemented by providers.
+ * Implemented by @see OpenFeatureEventEmitter.
+ */
+export interface ProviderEventEmitter<E extends AnyProviderEvent, AdditionalContext extends Record<string, unknown> = Record<string, unknown>>
+  extends ManageLogger<ProviderEventEmitter<E, AdditionalContext>>
+{
+  // here we use E, to restrict the events a provider can manually emit (PROVIDER_CONTEXT_CHANGED is emitted by the SDK)
+  emit(eventType: E, context?: EventContext): void;
+
+  addHandler(eventType: AnyProviderEvent, handler: EventHandler): void;
+
+  removeHandler(eventType: AnyProviderEvent, handler: EventHandler): void;
+
+  removeAllHandlers(eventType?: AnyProviderEvent): void;
+
+  getHandlers(eventType: AnyProviderEvent): EventHandler[];
+}

packages/shared/src/provider/provider.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { EvaluationContext } from '../evaluation';
-import { AnyProviderEvent, GenericEventEmitter } from '../events';
+import { AnyProviderEvent, ProviderEventEmitter } from '../events';
 import { Metadata, Paradigm } from '../types';
 
 /**
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export interface CommonProvider {
    * An event emitter for ProviderEvents.
    * @see ProviderEvents
    */
-  events?: GenericEventEmitter<AnyProviderEvent>;
+  events?: ProviderEventEmitter<AnyProviderEvent>;
 
   /**
    * A function used to shut down the provider.