Source: recognizer.js

/**
 * Recognizer flow explained; *
 * All recognizers have the initial state of POSSIBLE when a input session starts.
 * The definition of a input session is from the first input until the last input, with all it's movement in it. *
 * Example session for mouse-input: mousedown -> mousemove -> mouseup
 *
 * On each recognizing cycle (see Manager.recognize) the .recognize() method is executed
 * which determines with state it should be.
 *
 * If the recognizer has the state FAILED, CANCELLED or RECOGNIZED (equals ENDED), it is reset to
 * POSSIBLE to give it another change on the next cycle.
 *
 *               Possible
 *                  |
 *            +-----+---------------+
 *            |                     |
 *      +-----+-----+               |
 *      |           |               |
 *   Failed      Cancelled          |
 *                          +-------+------+
 *                          |              |
 *                      Recognized       Began
 *                                         |
 *                                      Changed
 *                                         |
 *                                  Ended/Recognized
 */
var STATE_POSSIBLE = 1;
var STATE_BEGAN = 2;
var STATE_CHANGED = 4;
var STATE_ENDED = 8;
var STATE_RECOGNIZED = STATE_ENDED;
var STATE_CANCELLED = 16;
var STATE_FAILED = 32;

/**
 * Recognizer
 * Every recognizer needs to extend from this class.
 * @constructor
 * @param {Object} options
 */
function Recognizer(options) {
    this.options = assign({}, this.defaults, options || {});

    this.id = uniqueId();

    this.manager = null;

    // default is enable true
    this.options.enable = ifUndefined(this.options.enable, true);

    this.state = STATE_POSSIBLE;

    this.simultaneous = {};
    this.requireFail = [];
}

Recognizer.prototype = {
    /**
     * @virtual
     * @type {Object}
     */
    defaults: {},

    /**
     * set options
     * @param {Object} options
     * @return {Recognizer}
     */
    set: function(options) {
        assign(this.options, options);

        // also update the touchAction, in case something changed about the directions/enabled state
        this.manager && this.manager.touchAction.update();
        return this;
    },

    /**
     * recognize simultaneous with an other recognizer.
     * @param {Recognizer} otherRecognizer
     * @returns {Recognizer} this
     */
    recognizeWith: function(otherRecognizer) {
        if (invokeArrayArg(otherRecognizer, 'recognizeWith', this)) {
            return this;
        }

        var simultaneous = this.simultaneous;
        otherRecognizer = getRecognizerByNameIfManager(otherRecognizer, this);
        if (!simultaneous[otherRecognizer.id]) {
            simultaneous[otherRecognizer.id] = otherRecognizer;
            otherRecognizer.recognizeWith(this);
        }
        return this;
    },

    /**
     * drop the simultaneous link. it doesnt remove the link on the other recognizer.
     * @param {Recognizer} otherRecognizer
     * @returns {Recognizer} this
     */
    dropRecognizeWith: function(otherRecognizer) {
        if (invokeArrayArg(otherRecognizer, 'dropRecognizeWith', this)) {
            return this;
        }

        otherRecognizer = getRecognizerByNameIfManager(otherRecognizer, this);
        delete this.simultaneous[otherRecognizer.id];
        return this;
    },

    /**
     * recognizer can only run when an other is failing
     * @param {Recognizer} otherRecognizer
     * @returns {Recognizer} this
     */
    requireFailure: function(otherRecognizer) {
        if (invokeArrayArg(otherRecognizer, 'requireFailure', this)) {
            return this;
        }

        var requireFail = this.requireFail;
        otherRecognizer = getRecognizerByNameIfManager(otherRecognizer, this);
        if (inArray(requireFail, otherRecognizer) === -1) {
            requireFail.push(otherRecognizer);
            otherRecognizer.requireFailure(this);
        }
        return this;
    },

    /**
     * drop the requireFailure link. it does not remove the link on the other recognizer.
     * @param {Recognizer} otherRecognizer
     * @returns {Recognizer} this
     */
    dropRequireFailure: function(otherRecognizer) {
        if (invokeArrayArg(otherRecognizer, 'dropRequireFailure', this)) {
            return this;
        }

        otherRecognizer = getRecognizerByNameIfManager(otherRecognizer, this);
        var index = inArray(this.requireFail, otherRecognizer);
        if (index > -1) {
            this.requireFail.splice(index, 1);
        }
        return this;
    },

    /**
     * has require failures boolean
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    hasRequireFailures: function() {
        return this.requireFail.length > 0;
    },

    /**
     * if the recognizer can recognize simultaneous with an other recognizer
     * @param {Recognizer} otherRecognizer
     * @returns {Boolean}
     */
    canRecognizeWith: function(otherRecognizer) {
        return !!this.simultaneous[otherRecognizer.id];
    },

    /**
     * You should use `tryEmit` instead of `emit` directly to check
     * that all the needed recognizers has failed before emitting.
     * @param {Object} input
     */
    emit: function(input) {
        var self = this;
        var state = this.state;

        function emit(event) {
            self.manager.emit(event, input);
        }

        // 'panstart' and 'panmove'
        if (state < STATE_ENDED) {
            emit(self.options.event + stateStr(state));
        }

        emit(self.options.event); // simple 'eventName' events

        if (input.additionalEvent) { // additional event(panleft, panright, pinchin, pinchout...)
            emit(input.additionalEvent);
        }

        // panend and pancancel
        if (state >= STATE_ENDED) {
            emit(self.options.event + stateStr(state));
        }
    },

    /**
     * Check that all the require failure recognizers has failed,
     * if true, it emits a gesture event,
     * otherwise, setup the state to FAILED.
     * @param {Object} input
     */
    tryEmit: function(input) {
        if (this.canEmit()) {
            return this.emit(input);
        }
        // it's failing anyway
        this.state = STATE_FAILED;
    },

    /**
     * can we emit?
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    canEmit: function() {
        var i = 0;
        while (i < this.requireFail.length) {
            if (!(this.requireFail[i].state & (STATE_FAILED | STATE_POSSIBLE))) {
                return false;
            }
            i++;
        }
        return true;
    },

    /**
     * update the recognizer
     * @param {Object} inputData
     */
    recognize: function(inputData) {
        // make a new copy of the inputData
        // so we can change the inputData without messing up the other recognizers
        var inputDataClone = assign({}, inputData);

        // is is enabled and allow recognizing?
        if (!boolOrFn(this.options.enable, [this, inputDataClone])) {
            this.reset();
            this.state = STATE_FAILED;
            return;
        }

        // reset when we've reached the end
        if (this.state & (STATE_RECOGNIZED | STATE_CANCELLED | STATE_FAILED)) {
            this.state = STATE_POSSIBLE;
        }

        this.state = this.process(inputDataClone);

        // the recognizer has recognized a gesture
        // so trigger an event
        if (this.state & (STATE_BEGAN | STATE_CHANGED | STATE_ENDED | STATE_CANCELLED)) {
            this.tryEmit(inputDataClone);
        }
    },

    /**
     * return the state of the recognizer
     * the actual recognizing happens in this method
     * @virtual
     * @param {Object} inputData
     * @returns {Const} STATE
     */
    process: function(inputData) { }, // jshint ignore:line

    /**
     * return the preferred touch-action
     * @virtual
     * @returns {Array}
     */
    getTouchAction: function() { },

    /**
     * called when the gesture isn't allowed to recognize
     * like when another is being recognized or it is disabled
     * @virtual
     */
    reset: function() { }
};

/**
 * get a usable string, used as event postfix
 * @param {Const} state
 * @returns {String} state
 */
function stateStr(state) {
    if (state & STATE_CANCELLED) {
        return 'cancel';
    } else if (state & STATE_ENDED) {
        return 'end';
    } else if (state & STATE_CHANGED) {
        return 'move';
    } else if (state & STATE_BEGAN) {
        return 'start';
    }
    return '';
}

/**
 * direction cons to string
 * @param {Const} direction
 * @returns {String}
 */
function directionStr(direction) {
    if (direction == DIRECTION_DOWN) {
        return 'down';
    } else if (direction == DIRECTION_UP) {
        return 'up';
    } else if (direction == DIRECTION_LEFT) {
        return 'left';
    } else if (direction == DIRECTION_RIGHT) {
        return 'right';
    }
    return '';
}

/**
 * get a recognizer by name if it is bound to a manager
 * @param {Recognizer|String} otherRecognizer
 * @param {Recognizer} recognizer
 * @returns {Recognizer}
 */
function getRecognizerByNameIfManager(otherRecognizer, recognizer) {
    var manager = recognizer.manager;
    if (manager) {
        return manager.get(otherRecognizer);
    }
    return otherRecognizer;
}