⚡ A lean, fully-typed collection of utility classes for TypeScript — efficient data structures, async execution control, and reactive helpers that work seamlessly in both Node.js and the browser.

Install

# pnpm (recommended)
pnpm install @push.rocks/lik

# npm
npm install @push.rocks/lik

This is a pure ESM package. Use import syntax in your TypeScript/JavaScript projects.

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Usage

@push.rocks/lik gives you 10 focused utility classes — each solving one problem well. No bloat, no deep dependency trees, just clean tools for everyday TypeScript.

🔒 AsyncExecutionStack

Control async task execution with exclusive (sequential, mutex-like) and non-exclusive (parallel with concurrency limits) modes. Think of it as a lightweight task scheduler.

import { AsyncExecutionStack } from '@push.rocks/lik';

const stack = new AsyncExecutionStack();

// 🔐 Exclusive: only one task runs at a time (mutex-style)
const result = await stack.getExclusiveExecutionSlot(async () => {
  // critical section — no other task runs until this resolves
  return await doSomethingImportant();
}, 5000); // optional timeout in ms

// 🚀 Non-exclusive: tasks run in parallel
const p1 = stack.getNonExclusiveExecutionSlot(async () => fetchUser(1));
const p2 = stack.getNonExclusiveExecutionSlot(async () => fetchUser(2));
const p3 = stack.getNonExclusiveExecutionSlot(async () => fetchUser(3));
await Promise.all([p1, p2, p3]);

// 🎚️ Concurrency control for non-exclusive tasks
stack.setNonExclusiveMaxConcurrency(3); // max 3 in parallel
stack.getNonExclusiveMaxConcurrency();  // 3
stack.getActiveNonExclusiveCount();     // how many are running right now
stack.getPendingNonExclusiveCount();    // how many are waiting for a slot

Key behavior: Exclusive and non-exclusive slots are processed in order. When an exclusive slot comes up, it waits for all running non-exclusive tasks to finish, then runs alone. Non-exclusive tasks arriving together are batched and run in parallel (respecting the concurrency limit).

🌊 BackpressuredArray

A bounded buffer with backpressure — perfect for producer/consumer patterns where you need to throttle the producer when the consumer falls behind. Uses RxJS subjects under the hood.

import { BackpressuredArray } from '@push.rocks/lik';

const buffer = new BackpressuredArray<string>(16); // high water mark

// Producer side
const hasSpace = buffer.push('item1');
if (!hasSpace) {
  await buffer.waitForSpace(); // blocks until consumer drains enough
}

// Consumer side
await buffer.waitForItems();       // blocks until something is available
const item = buffer.shift();       // grab the oldest item

// Introspect
buffer.checkSpaceAvailable();      // true if below high water mark
buffer.checkHasItems();            // true if items exist

// Teardown
buffer.destroy();                  // completes all internal subjects

⚡ FastMap

A high-performance string-keyed map. Faster than native Map for simple key-value lookups thanks to plain-object backing. Supports merging, concatenation, and async search.

import { FastMap } from '@push.rocks/lik';

const map = new FastMap<{ name: string; score: number }>();

// CRUD
map.addToMap('player1', { name: 'Alice', score: 100 });
map.addToMap('player2', { name: 'Bob', score: 85 });
map.getByKey('player1');           // { name: 'Alice', score: 100 }
map.isUniqueKey('player1');        // false (already exists)
map.removeFromMap('player2');      // returns the removed object
map.getKeys();                     // ['player1']

// Force overwrite existing key
map.addToMap('player1', { name: 'Alice', score: 200 }, { force: true });

// Merge two maps
const otherMap = new FastMap<{ name: string; score: number }>();
otherMap.addToMap('player3', { name: 'Carol', score: 90 });
const merged = map.concat(otherMap); // new FastMap with all entries
map.addAllFromOther(otherMap);       // merge in-place

// Async find
const found = await map.find(async (item) => item.score > 95);

// Reset
map.clean();

🎯 InterestMap & Interest

A deduplicating interest/subscription tracker. Multiple callers can express interest in the same thing — the InterestMap deduplicates them and fulfills all waiters at once. Great for caching layers, resource pooling, or subscription fan-out.

import { InterestMap } from '@push.rocks/lik';

const interestMap = new InterestMap<string, Response>(
  (id) => id,                        // comparison function for deduplication
  { markLostAfterDefault: 30000 }    // auto-destroy unfulfilled interests after 30s
);

// Express interest (returns existing Interest if one matches)
const interest = await interestMap.addInterest('user:42');

// The interest is a promise-like object
interest.interestFullfilled.then((response) => {
  console.log('Got it!', response);
});

// Somewhere else — fulfill the interest for everyone waiting
const found = interestMap.findInterest('user:42');
found.fullfillInterest(apiResponse);

// Provide a default fulfillment value (returned if interest is destroyed unfulfilled)
const interest2 = await interestMap.addInterest('user:99', fallbackResponse);

// Check / manage
interestMap.checkInterest('user:42');        // true if active
interestMap.informLostInterest('user:42');   // starts the destruction timer

// Observable stream of all new interests as they arrive
interestMap.interestObservable.subscribe((interest) => {
  console.log('New interest:', interest.comparisonString);
});

// Clean up everything
interestMap.destroy();

Interest lifecycle: Created → (optionally) markLost() starts a 10s destruction timer → renew() resets the timer → fullfillInterest(value) resolves all waiters → destroy() cleans up.

📏 LimitedArray

A fixed-capacity array that automatically discards the oldest items when the limit is exceeded. Ideal for rolling logs, recent-history buffers, or sliding-window metrics.

import { LimitedArray } from '@push.rocks/lik';

const recentLogs = new LimitedArray<string>(100);

recentLogs.addOne('request received');
recentLogs.addMany(['processed', 'response sent']);

console.log(recentLogs.array.length); // never exceeds 100

// Dynamically adjust the limit
recentLogs.setLimit(50); // trims immediately if over

// Built-in average for numeric arrays
const latencies = new LimitedArray<number>(1000);
latencies.addMany([12, 15, 9, 22, 18]);
console.log(latencies.getAverage()); // 15.2

🔄 LoopTracker

Detects infinite loops by tracking which objects have already been visited during a traversal. Lightweight guard for recursive algorithms.

import { LoopTracker } from '@push.rocks/lik';

const tracker = new LoopTracker<object>();

function traverse(node: any) {
  if (!tracker.checkAndTrack(node)) {
    console.warn('Cycle detected — skipping');
    return;
  }
  // safe to process this node
  for (const child of node.children) {
    traverse(child);
  }
}

tracker.reset();   // clear for reuse
tracker.destroy(); // free resources

📦 ObjectMap

A managed, observable object collection. Add, remove, find, and iterate objects — with RxJS event notifications for every mutation. Supports both auto-keyed and manually-keyed entries.

import { ObjectMap } from '@push.rocks/lik';

interface IUser { id: number; name: string; }

const users = new ObjectMap<IUser>();

// Auto-keyed add (returns generated key)
const key = users.add({ id: 1, name: 'Alice' });
users.addArray([{ id: 2, name: 'Bob' }, { id: 3, name: 'Carol' }]);

// Manually-keyed add/get/remove
users.addMappedUnique('admin', { id: 99, name: 'Admin' });
users.getMappedUnique('admin');
users.removeMappedUnique('admin');

// Find (sync and async)
const alice = users.findSync((u) => u.id === 1);
const bob = await users.find(async (u) => u.id === 2);

// Find and remove in one step
const removed = await users.findOneAndRemove(async (u) => u.id === 3);
const removedSync = users.findOneAndRemoveSync((u) => u.id === 2);

// FIFO-style pop
const first = users.getOneAndRemove();

// Iterate and inspect
await users.forEach((u) => console.log(u.name));
users.checkForObject(alice);  // true/false
users.getKeyForObject(alice); // the internal key string
users.isEmpty();               // true/false
users.getArray();              // cloned array of all objects

// 🔔 Observe mutations
users.eventSubject.subscribe((event) => {
  // event.operation: 'add' | 'remove'
  // event.payload: the object
});

// Merge
const merged = users.concat(otherObjectMap); // new ObjectMap
users.addAllFromOther(otherObjectMap);        // merge in-place

// Teardown
users.wipe();    // remove all entries (fires 'remove' events)
users.destroy(); // wipe + complete eventSubject

🔤 Stringmap

A string collection with add/remove/query operations and glob pattern matching (via minimatch). Supports reactive triggers that fire when a condition becomes true.

import { Stringmap } from '@push.rocks/lik';

const tags = new Stringmap();

tags.addString('feature:dark-mode');
tags.addStringArray(['feature:i18n', 'bug:login']);

tags.checkString('feature:dark-mode');   // true
tags.checkMinimatch('feature:*');        // true (glob matching!)
tags.checkIsEmpty();                     // false

tags.removeString('bug:login');
tags.getStringArray();                   // cloned array of current strings

// 🔔 Trigger: resolves when condition is met
const waitForEmpty = tags.registerUntilTrue((arr) => arr.length === 0);
tags.wipe(); // triggers the above → waitForEmpty resolves

// Clean up
tags.destroy();

⏱️ TimedAggregator

Batches incoming items over a configurable time window, then processes the entire batch at once. Perfect for log aggregation, metric flushing, or debounced event processing.

import { TimedAggregator } from '@push.rocks/lik';
// Also available as: import { TimedAggregtor } from '@push.rocks/lik'; (legacy spelling)

const batcher = new TimedAggregator<string>({
  aggregationIntervalInMillis: 5000,
  functionForAggregation: (batch) => {
    console.log(`Processing ${batch.length} items:`, batch);
  },
});

batcher.add('event-a');
batcher.add('event-b');
batcher.add('event-c');
// After 5 seconds → "Processing 3 items: ['event-a', 'event-b', 'event-c']"

// Stop and flush any remaining items
batcher.stop(true);   // true = flush remaining immediately

// Restart after stopping
batcher.restart();
batcher.add('event-d'); // timer starts again

How it works: The timer starts when the first item arrives. When it fires, all accumulated items are passed to functionForAggregation and a new timer starts. If no items arrive, the timer doesn't restart — it's lazy.

🌳 Tree

A typed wrapper around symbol-tree for managing hierarchical data. Full parent/child/sibling navigation, ordered iteration, and structural mutation.

import { Tree } from '@push.rocks/lik';

interface INode { name: string; }

const tree = new Tree<INode>();
const root: INode = { name: 'root' };
tree.initialize(root);

const child1: INode = { name: 'child1' };
const child2: INode = { name: 'child2' };
const grandchild: INode = { name: 'grandchild' };

tree.appendChild(root, child1);
tree.appendChild(root, child2);
tree.appendChild(child1, grandchild);

// 🧭 Navigate
tree.parent(child1);           // root
tree.firstChild(root);         // child1
tree.lastChild(root);          // child2
tree.nextSibling(child1);     // child2
tree.previousSibling(child2); // child1
tree.hasChildren(child1);     // true

// 📊 Query
tree.childrenCount(root);                // 2
tree.index(child2);                      // 1
tree.childrenToArray(root, {});          // [child1, child2]
tree.ancestorsToArray(grandchild, {});   // [child1, root]
tree.treeToArray(root, {});              // entire tree as flat array

// 🔁 Iterate
for (const node of tree.treeIterator(root, {})) {
  console.log(node.name);
}

// ✂️ Mutate
tree.insertBefore(child2, { name: 'between' });
tree.insertAfter(child1, { name: 'after1' });
tree.prependChild(root, { name: 'new-first' });
tree.remove(child2);

API at a Glance

Class	Purpose	Key Feature
`AsyncExecutionStack`	Async task scheduling	Exclusive/non-exclusive modes with concurrency limits
`BackpressuredArray`	Bounded buffer	Producer/consumer backpressure via RxJS
`FastMap`	Key-value store	O(1) lookups, merge/concat support
`InterestMap`	Deduplicated subscriptions	Multiple waiters, single fulfillment
`LimitedArray`	Rolling buffer	Auto-trim + built-in average
`LoopTracker`	Cycle detection	Track-and-check in one call
`ObjectMap`	Observable collection	RxJS event stream on every mutation
`Stringmap`	String set	Glob matching + reactive triggers
`TimedAggregator`	Batch processor	Time-windowed aggregation with flush
`Tree`	Hierarchical data	Full navigation, iteration, mutation

License and Legal Information

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