As all of the Sugoi modules anything which can be achieve by decroators can also be achieved by simple methods.

The SocketHandler class provides us the right method for achieving this approach

Register events

registerSocketEvent method

This method allows us to register callback for an event - equivalent to socket.on(event,callback)

registerSocketEvent<T=any>(event: string, 
                           callback: (socket: SocketIOStatic.Socket, data: T) => void, 
                           middlewares?: Array<ISocketMiddleware> | string, 
                           namespace: string = "/")

event - The event we want to bind the callback to. callback - The callback method middlewares - 0...n functions which should apply before the callback apply. namespace - The namespace the event is related to (Default: "/")

registerServerEvent method

Same as registerSocketEvent but related to server events - equivalent to io.on(event,callback).

registerServerEvent<T=any>(event: string, 
                           callback: (socket: SocketIOStatic.Socket, data: T) => void, 
                           middlewares?: Array<ISocketMiddleware> | string, 
                           namespace: string = "/")

event - The event we want to bind the callback to. callback - The callback method middlewares - Array of 0...n functions which should apply before the callback apply. namespace - The namespace the event is related to (Default: "/")

Deregister events

deregisterSocketEvent method

This method allows us to deregister callback for socket event - equivalent to socket.removeListener(event,callbackToRemove)

deregisterSocketEvent(event: string);

event - The event name

deregisterServerEvent method

This method allows us to deregister callback for server event - equivalent to io.removeListener(event,callbackToRemove)

deregisterServerEvent(event: string);

event - The event name