module EventDispatcher
  def setup_listeners
    @EventDispatcher_listeners = {}
  end
  def subscribe(event, &callback)
    (@EventDispatcher_listeners[event] ||= []) << callback
  end
  protected
  def notify(event, *args)
    if @EventDispatcher_listeners[event]
      @EventDispatcher_listeners[event].each do |m| 
        m.call(*args) if m.respond_to? :call
      end
    end
    return nil
  end
end
class Factory
  include EventDispatcher
  def initialize
    setup_listeners
  end
  def produce_widget(color)
    #Widget creation code goes here...
    notify(:new_widget, color)
  end
end
class WidgetCounter
  def initialize(factory)
    @counts = Hash.new(0)
    factory.subscribe(:new_widget) do |color|
      @counts[color] += 1
      puts "#{@counts[color]} #{color} widget(s) created since I started watching."
    end
  end
end
f1 = Factory.new
WidgetCounter.new(f1)
f1.produce_widget("red")

1 red widget(s) created since I started watching.

1 red widget(s) created since I started watching.

f1.produce_widget("green")

1 green widget(s) created since I started watching.

1 green widget(s) created since I started watching.

f1.produce_widget("red")

2 red widget(s) created since I started watching.
This won't produce any output, since our listener is listening to
another Factory.

2 red widget(s) created since I started watching.

Factory.new.produce_widget("blue")
module EventDispatcher
  def notify(event, *args)
   if @EventDispatcher_listeners[event]
      @EventDispatcher_listeners[event].each do |m| 
        yield(m.call(*args)) if m.respond_to? :call
      end
    end
    return nil
  end
end
class Portal
  include EventDispatcher
  def initialize
    setup_listeners
  end
  def render
    puts '<table>'
    render_block = Proc.new { |box| puts "  <td>#{box}</td>" }
    [:row1, :row2].each do |row| 
      puts ' <tr>'
      notify(row, &render_block)
      puts ' </tr>'
    end
    puts '</table>'
  end
end
portal = Portal.new
portal.subscribe(:row1) { 'Stock Ticker' }
portal.subscribe(:row1) { 'Weather' }
portal.subscribe(:row2) { 'Pointless, Trivial News' }
portal.render

<table>
<tr>
<td>Stock Ticker</td>
<td>Weather</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pointless, Trivial News</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Stock Ticker</td>
  <td>Weather</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Pointless, Trivial News</td>
 </tr>
</table>