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    delete $self->{events}{$name} unless @{$self->{events}{$name}};
  }

  # All
  else { delete $self->{events}{$name} }

  return $self;
}


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=encoding utf8

=head1 NAME

AnyEvent::Emitter - Event emitter base class (Mojo::EventEmitter porting).

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  package Cat;
  use 5.010;
  use base 'AnyEvent::Emitter';

  # Emit events
  sub poke {
    my $self = shift;
    $self->emit(roar => 3);
  }

  package main;

  # Subscribe to events
  my $tiger = Cat->new;
  $tiger->on(roar => sub {
    my ($tiger, $times) = @_;
    say 'RAWR!' for 1 .. $times;
  });
  $tiger->poke;

=head1 DESCRIPTION

L<AnyEvent::Emitter> is a simple base class for event emitting objects(Mojo::EventEmitter porting).

=head1 EVENTS

L<AnyEvent::Emitter> can emit the following events.

=head2 error

  $e->on(error => sub {
    my ($e, $err) = @_;
    ...
  });

This is a special event for errors, it will not be emitted directly by this
class but is fatal if unhandled.

  $e->on(error => sub {
    my ($e, $err) = @_;
    say "This looks bad: $err";
  });

=head1 METHODS

=head2 catch

  $e = $e->catch(sub {...});

Subscribe to L</"error"> event.

  # Longer version
  $e->on(error => sub {...});

=head2 emit

  $e = $e->emit('foo');
  $e = $e->emit('foo', 123);

Emit event.

=head2 has_subscribers

  my $bool = $e->has_subscribers('foo');

Check if event has subscribers.

=head2 on

  my $cb = $e->on(foo => sub {...});

Subscribe to event.

  $e->on(foo => sub {
    my ($e, @args) = @_;
    ...
  });

=head2 once

  my $cb = $e->once(foo => sub {...});

Subscribe to event and unsubscribe again after it has been emitted once.

  $e->once(foo => sub {
    my ($e, @args) = @_;
    ...
  });

=head2 subscribers

  my $subscribers = $e->subscribers('foo');

All subscribers for event.

  # Unsubscribe last subscriber
  $e->unsubscribe(foo => $e->subscribers('foo')->[-1]);

=head2 unsubscribe

  $e = $e->unsubscribe('foo');