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# process.addAsyncListener polyfill

This is an implementation of Trevor Norris's
process.{addAsyncListener,removeAsyncListener} API for adding behavior to async
calls. You can see his implementation (currently a work in progress) on
[Node.js core pull request #6011](https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/6011).
This polyfill / shim is intended for use in versions of Node prior to whatever
version of Node in which Trevor's changes finally land (anticipated at the time
of this writing as 0.11.7).

Here's his documentation of the intended API, which will probably get cleaned up
here later:

## createAsyncListener(callbacks[, initialStorage])

* `callbacks` {Object}
* `initialStorage` {Value}

Returns a constructed `AsyncListener` object. Which can then be passed to
`process.addAsyncListener()` and `process.removeAsyncListener()`. Each
function parameter is as follows:

1. `callbacks`: An `Object` which may contain four optional fields:
   * `create`: A `function (storage)` that is called when an asynchronous event
     is queued. Recives the `storage` attached to the listner. `storage` can be
     created by passing an `initialStorage` argument during costruction, or by
     returning a `Value` from `create` which will be attached to the listner
     and overwrite the `initialStorage`.
   * `before`: A `function (context, storage)` that is called immediately
     before the asynchronous callback is about to run. It will be passed both
     the `context` (i.e. `this`) of the calling function and the `storage`.
   * `after`: A `function (context, storage)` called immediately after the
     asynchronous event's callback is run. Note that if the event's callback
     throws during execution this will not be called.
   * `error`: A `function (storage, error)` called if the event's callback
     threw. If `error` returns `true` then Node will assume the error has been
     properly handled and resume execution normally.
1. `initialStorage`: A `Value` (i.e. anything) that will be, by default,
   attached to all new event instances. This will be overwritten if a `Value`
   is returned by `create()`.


## addAsyncListener(callbacks[, initialStorage])
## addAsyncListener(asyncListener)

Returns a constructed `AsyncListener` object and immediately adds it to the
listening queue.

## removeAsyncListener(asyncListener)

Removes the `asyncListener` from the listening queue.