Add start method to router

src/routing/Router.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import QueuingEvented from '../core/QueuingEvented';
+import Evented from '../core/Evented';
 import { RouteConfig, History, OutletContext, Params, RouterInterface, Route, RouterOptions } from './interfaces';
 import { HashHistory } from './history/HashHistory';
 import { EventObject } from '../core/Evented';
@@ -36,25 +36,22 @@ function matchingParams({ params: previousParams }: OutletContext, { params }: O
 	return Object.keys(params).every((key) => previousParams[key] === params[key]);
 }
 
-export class Router extends QueuingEvented<{ nav: NavEvent; outlet: OutletEvent }> implements RouterInterface {
+export class Router extends Evented<{ nav: NavEvent; outlet: OutletEvent }> implements RouterInterface {
 	private _routes: Route[] = [];
 	private _outletMap: { [index: string]: Route } = Object.create(null);
 	private _matchedOutlets: { [index: string]: OutletContext } = Object.create(null);
 	private _currentParams: Params = {};
 	private _currentQueryParams: Params = {};
 	private _defaultOutlet: string | undefined;
-	private _history: History;
+	private _history!: History;
+	private _options: RouterOptions;
 
 	constructor(config: RouteConfig[], options: RouterOptions = {}) {
 		super();
-		const { HistoryManager = HashHistory, base, window } = options;
+		this._options = options;
 		this._register(config);
-		this._history = new HistoryManager({ onChange: this._onChange, base, window });
-		if (this._matchedOutlets.errorOutlet && this._defaultOutlet) {
-			const path = this.link(this._defaultOutlet);
-			if (path) {
-				this.setPath(path);
-			}
+		if (options.autostart || true) {
+			this.start();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -67,6 +64,17 @@ export class Router extends QueuingEvented<{ nav: NavEvent; outlet: OutletEvent
 		this._history.set(path);
 	}
 
+	public start() {
+		const { HistoryManager = HashHistory, base, window } = this._options;
+		this._history = new HistoryManager({ onChange: this._onChange, base, window });
+		if (this._matchedOutlets.errorOutlet && this._defaultOutlet) {
+			const path = this.link(this._defaultOutlet);
+			if (path) {
+				this.setPath(path);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Generate a link for a given outlet identifier and optional params.
 	 *

src/routing/interfaces.d.ts

@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ export interface RouterInterface {
 	 * The current params for matched routes
 	 */
 	readonly currentParams: Params;
+
+	start: () => void;
 }
 
 export interface MatchDetails {
@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ export interface History {
 }
 
 export interface RouterOptions {
+	autostart?: boolean;
 	window?: Window;
 	base?: string;
 	HistoryManager?: HistoryConstructor;

tests/core/unit/all.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import './Destroyable';
 import './Evented';
-import './QueuingEvented';
 import './util';
 import './Container';
 import './WidgetBase';

tests/routing/unit/Router.ts

@@ -515,9 +515,9 @@ describe('Router', () => {
 		assert.isUndefined(link);
 	});
 
-	it('Queues the first event for the first registered listener', () => {
+	it('The router will not start automatically if autostart is set to false', () => {
 		let initialNavEvent = false;
-		const router = new Router(routeConfigDefaultRoute, { HistoryManager });
+		const router = new Router(routeConfigDefaultRoute, { HistoryManager, autostart: false });
 		let navCount = 0;
 		router.on('nav', (event) => {
 			navCount++;
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ describe('Router', () => {
 				initialNavEvent = true;
 			}
 		});
+		router.start();
 		assert.isTrue(initialNavEvent);
 	});
 });