From 0e4c2df1e105871f3afa9503043a22489822110e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 16:01:44 +0200
Subject: Add new convention method for performing channel actions

---
 lib/assets/javascripts/channel.js.coffee | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib/assets/javascripts/channel.js.coffee')

diff --git a/lib/assets/javascripts/channel.js.coffee b/lib/assets/javascripts/channel.js.coffee
index 058bcc03aa..a324a62a1b 100644
--- a/lib/assets/javascripts/channel.js.coffee
+++ b/lib/assets/javascripts/channel.js.coffee
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class @Cable.Channel
       onReceiveData: @received
     })
 
+
   connected: =>
     # Override in the subclass
 
@@ -20,8 +21,14 @@ class @Cable.Channel
   received: (data) =>
     # Override in the subclass
 
+  # Perform a channel action with the optional data passed as an attribute
+  perform: (action, data = {}) ->
+    data.action = action
+    cable.sendData @channelIdentifier, JSON.stringify data
+
   send: (data) ->
     cable.sendData @channelIdentifier, JSON.stringify data
 
+
   underscore: (value) ->
     value.replace(/[A-Z]/g, (match) => "_#{match.toLowerCase()}").substr(1)
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