add Interpreter().start() for convenient start-upon-creation

2023-05-16 21:06:43 -04:00
parent da37d53eb0
commit 91a628eeb3
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface Interpreter_T {
  subscriptions: Record<string, SubscriptionCallbackFunction_T>;
  isTransitioning: boolean;
  isPaused: boolean;
+  start: ()=>Interpreter_T;
 }

 /**
@@ -58,7 +59,9 @@ export interface Interpreter_T {
 */
 export function Interpreter(machine:Machine_T, initialContext:any, initialStateName?:string) : Interpreter_T{
  if(typeof initialStateName === 'undefined'){ initialStateName = machine.states[0].name; }
-  const interpreter = {machine, state: initialStateName, context:initialContext, eventQueue:[], isTransitioning:false, subscriptions: {}, isPaused: true}
+  //@ts-expect-error
+  const interpreter : Interpreter_T = {machine, state: initialStateName, context:initialContext, eventQueue:[], isTransitioning:false, subscriptions: {}, isPaused: true};
+  interpreter.start = ()=>{ start(interpreter); return interpreter; }
  send(interpreter, ['entry', null] );
  return interpreter;
 }