JSFSA

JSFSA is a small javascript lib I wrote that allows for the creation of asynchronous, hierarchical, non-deterministic finite-state automata (more popularly called finite-state machines, but doesn’t ‘automaton’ sound infinitely more cool?)

Features

• Hierarchical states: states can be configured to have an unlimited number of substates, an unlimited number of levels deep.
• Guards: an unlimited amount of callbacks can be set to guard both entry and exit of states.
• Listeners: an unlimited amount of callbacks can be executed on both entry and exit of states.
• Named transitions: switching of states happens through named transitions.
• Asynchronous transitioning: transitioning from one state to the other can be paused/resumed.
• Framework independent: doesn’t rely on any other 3rd party frameworks.

Quick Example

var offState = new jsfsa.State( 'off' )
    .addTransition( 'ignite', 'on' )
    .isInitial = true
;
var onState = new jsfsa.State( 'on' )
    .addTransition( 'shutdown', 'off' )
;

var fsm = new jsfsa.Automaton()
    .addState( offState )
    .addState( onState )
    .doTransition( 'ignite' )
;
console.log( fsm.getCurrentState().name );//outputs 'on'

Code and examples

For source code, a more extensive explanation and examples head on over to the github project