eliminate overhead of creating two funcs/closure for each port connection

meta/crx/vapi-background.js

@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ vAPI.messaging = {
     ports: {},
     listeners: {},
     defaultHandler: null,
+    NOOPFUNC: function(){},
     UNHANDLED: 'vAPI.messaging.notHandled'
 };
 
@@ -230,49 +231,50 @@ vAPI.messaging.listen = function(listenerName, callback) {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-vAPI.messaging.onConnect = function(port) {
-    var onMessage = function(request) {
-        var callback = function(response) {
-            if ( vAPI.lastError() || response === undefined ) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if ( request.requestId ) {
-                port.postMessage({
-                    requestId: request.requestId,
-                    portName: request.portName,
-                    msg: response
-                });
-            }
+vAPI.messaging.onPortMessage = function(request, port) {
+    var callback = vAPI.messaging.NOOPFUNC;
+    if ( request.requestId !== undefined ) {
+        callback = function(response) {
+            port.postMessage({
+                requestId: request.requestId,
+                portName: request.portName,
+                msg: response !== undefined ? response : null
+            });
         };
+    }
 
-        // Specific handler
-        var r;
-        var listener = vAPI.messaging.listeners[request.portName];
-        if ( typeof listener === 'function' ) {
-            r = listener(request.msg, port.sender, callback);
-        }
-        if ( r !== vAPI.messaging.UNHANDLED ) {
-            return;
-        }
+    // Specific handler
+    var r;
+    var listener = vAPI.messaging.listeners[request.portName];
+    if ( typeof listener === 'function' ) {
+        r = listener(request.msg, port.sender, callback);
+    }
+    if ( r !== vAPI.messaging.UNHANDLED ) {
+        return;
+    }
 
-        // Default handler
-        r = vAPI.messaging.defaultHandler(request.msg, port.sender, callback);
-        if ( r !== vAPI.messaging.UNHANDLED ) {
-            return;
-        }
+    // Default handler
+    r = vAPI.messaging.defaultHandler(request.msg, port.sender, callback);
+    if ( r !== vAPI.messaging.UNHANDLED ) {
+        return;
+    }
 
-        console.error('µBlock> messaging > unknown request: %o', request);
-    };
+    console.error('µBlock> messaging > unknown request: %o', request);
+};
 
-    var onDisconnect = function(port) {
-        port.onDisconnect.removeListener(onDisconnect);
-        port.onMessage.removeListener(onMessage);
-        delete vAPI.messaging.ports[port.name];
-    };
+/******************************************************************************/
 
-    port.onDisconnect.addListener(onDisconnect);
-    port.onMessage.addListener(onMessage);
+vAPI.messaging.onDisconnect = function(port) {
+    port.onDisconnect.removeListener(vAPI.messaging.onDisconnect);
+    port.onMessage.removeListener(vAPI.messaging.onPortMessage);
+    delete vAPI.messaging.ports[port.name];
+};
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+vAPI.messaging.onConnect = function(port) {
+    port.onDisconnect.addListener(vAPI.messaging.onDisconnect);
+    port.onMessage.addListener(vAPI.messaging.onPortMessage);
     vAPI.messaging.ports[port.name] = port;
 };
 
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ vAPI.messaging.setup = function(defaultHandler) {
 
     if ( typeof defaultHandler !== 'function' ) {
         defaultHandler = function(){ return null; };
-    };
+    }
     this.defaultHandler = defaultHandler;
 
     chrome.runtime.onConnect.addListener(this.onConnect);

src/js/messaging.js

@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@
 /******************************************************************************/
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-// Message router and default handler
+// Default handler
 
-vAPI.messaging.setup(function(request, sender, callback) {
+(function() {
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+var onMessage = function(request, sender, callback) {
     var µb = µBlock;
 
+    // Async
     switch ( request.what ) {
-        // Async
         case 'getAssetContent':
             µb.assets.getLocal(request.url, callback);
             return;
@@ -41,14 +45,21 @@ vAPI.messaging.setup(function(request, sender, callback) {
             µb.loadUbiquitousWhitelists();
             return;
 
-        // Sync
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+
+    // Sync
+    var response;
+
+    switch ( request.what ) {
         case 'contextMenuEvent':
             µb.contextMenuClientX = request.clientX;
             µb.contextMenuClientY = request.clientY;
             break;
 
         case 'getUserSettings':
-            callback(µb.userSettings);
+            response = µb.userSettings;
             break;
 
         case 'gotoURL':
@@ -60,13 +71,21 @@ vAPI.messaging.setup(function(request, sender, callback) {
             break;
 
         case 'userSettings':
-            callback(µb.changeUserSettings(request.name, request.value));
+            response = µb.changeUserSettings(request.name, request.value);
             break;
 
         default:
             return vAPI.messaging.UNHANDLED;
     }
-});
+
+    callback(response);
+};
+
+vAPI.messaging.setup(onMessage);
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+})();
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 /******************************************************************************/