base-compose

Selectively merge values from one or more generators onto the current application instance.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save base-compose

This plugin requires the base-generators to be registered first. If not already registered, you can do so now by following these instructions.

Usage

var compose = require('base-compose');
var Base = require('base');
var app = new Base();

// register the "compose" plugin
app.use(compose());

API

Heads up!

Some of the methods exposed on .compose expect for app to be an instance of templates, or for specific plugins to be registered first.

You don't need to register all of the plugins prescribed below, just use the plugins you need with the methods you need. base-compose will give you detailed error messages when something is missing.

More information is provided in the methods documentation below.

.compose

Setup a composition by passing in an array of generators to compose elements. If a generator cannot be found, an error will be thrown.

Params

• parent {Object}: Parent generator to lookup generators.
• names {String|Array}: One or more generator names or instances.
• returns {Object}: Returns an instance of Compose

Example

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .data()
  .options()
  .helpers()
  .views();

.compose.options

Merge the options from each generator into the app options. This method requires using the [base-option][base-option] plugin.

Params

• key {String}: Optionally pass the name of a property to merge from the options object. Dot-notation may be used for nested properties.
• returns {Object}: Returns the Compose instance for chaining

Example

a.option({foo: 'a'});
b.option({foo: 'b'});
c.option({foo: 'c'});

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .options();

console.log(app.options);
//=> {foo: 'c'}

.compose.data

Merge the cache.data object from each generator onto the app.cache.data object. This method requires the .data() method from templates.

Params

• key {String}: Optionally pass a key to merge from the data object.
• returns {Object}: Returns the Compose instance for chaining

Example

a.data({foo: 'a'});
b.data({foo: 'b'});
c.data({foo: 'c'});

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .data();

console.log(app.cache.data);
//=> {foo: 'c'}

.compose.engines

Merge the engines from each generator into the app engines. This method requires the .engine() methods from templates.

• returns {Object}: Returns the Compose instance for chaining

Example

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .engines();

.compose.helpers

Merge the helpers from each generator into app.helpers. Requires the .helper method from templates.

• returns {Object}: Returns the Compose instance for chaining

Example

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .helpers();

.compose.questions

Merge generator.questions.cache from specified generators onto app.questions.cache. Requires the base-questions plugin to be registered.

• returns {Object}: Returns the Compose instance for chaining

Example

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .questions();

.compose.pipeline

Merge the pipeline plugins from each generator onto app.plugins. Requires the base-pipeline plugin to be registered.

• returns {Object}: Returns the Compose instance for chaining

Example

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .pipeline();

.compose.tasks

Copy the specified tasks and task-dependencies from each generator onto app.tasks. Requires using the base-task plugin to be registered.

Params

• tasks {String|Array}: One or more task names (optional)
• returns {Object}: Returns the Compose instance for chaining

Example

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .tasks(['foo', 'bar', 'default']);

// or to copy all tasks
app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .tasks();

.compose.views

Copy view collections and views from each generator onto app. Expects app to be an instance of templates.

Params

• names {Array|String}: (optional) Names of one or more collections to copy. If undefined all collections will be copied.
• filter {Function}: Optionally pass a filter function to filter views copied from each collection. The filter function exposes key, view and collection as arguments. If used, the function must return true to copy a view.
• returns {Object}: Returns the Compose instance for chaining

Example

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .views();

.compose.iterator

Returns an iterator function for iterating over an array of generators. The iterator takes a fn that exposes the current generator being iterated over (generator) and the app passed into the original function as arguments. No binding is done within the iterator so the function passed in can be safely bound.

Params

• names {Array}: Names of generators to iterate over (optional).
• iteratorFn {Function}: Function to invoke for each generator in generators. Exposes app and generator as arguments.
• returns {Object}: Returns the Compose instance for chaining

Example

app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .iterator(function(generator, app) {
    // do work
    app.data(generator.cache.data);
  });

// optionally pass an array of additional generator names as the
// first argument. If generator names are defined on `iterator`,
// any names passed to `.compose()` will be ignored.
app.compose(base, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  .iterator(['d', 'e', 'f'], function(generator, app) {
    // do stuff to `generator` and `app`
  });

base-generators

Follow these instructions to install and register the base-generators plugin before registering base-compose.

Install base-generators

$ npm install base-generators --save

Register base-generators

var generators = require('base-generators');
var compose = require('base-compose');
var Base = require('base');
var app = new Base();

// register plugins
app.use(generators());
app.use(compose());

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Contributing

This document was generated by verb-readme-generator (a verb generator), please don't edit directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in .verb.md. See Building Docs.

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue. Or visit the verb-readme-generator project to submit bug reports or pull requests for the readme layout template.

Building docs

Generate readme and API documentation with verb:

$ npm install -g verb verb-readme-generator && verb

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Brian Woodward

• github/doowb
• twitter/doowb

License

Copyright © 2016, Brian Woodward. Released under the MIT license.

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