##<iron-signals>
iron-signals
provides basic publish-subscribe functionality.
Note: avoid using iron-signals
whenever you can use a controller (parent element) to mediate communication instead.
To send a signal, fire a custom event of type iron-signal
, with a detail object containing name
and data
fields.
this.fire('iron-signal', {name: 'hello', data: null});
To receive a signal, listen for iron-signal-<name>
event on a iron-signals
element.
You can fire a signal event from anywhere, and all iron-signals
elements will receive the event, regardless of where they are in DOM.