Enable components to emit ready after they've configured themselves

bergie · Jun 3, 2012 · 6aa26f6 · 6aa26f6
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diff --git a/lib/Extension.coffee b/lib/Extension.coffee
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ in NodeXT:
 ###
 {_} = require 'underscore'
 path = require 'path'
+events = require 'events'
 
-class Extension
+class Extension extends events.EventEmitter
   ###
   ## NodeXT extension baseclass
 
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ class Extension
     Register routes to Express server under given prefix
     ###
 
+  isReady: -> true
+
 exports.Extension = Extension
 
 loaded = {}

diff --git a/lib/server.coffee b/lib/server.coffee
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ exports.createApplication = (config) ->
       server.set 'views', config.server.view.options.root
 
   for name, extension of extensions
-    extension.registerRoutes server
+    if extension.isReady()
+      extension.registerRoutes server
+      continue
+    extension.once 'ready', ->
+      extension.registerRoutes server
 
   server
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "description":  "Plugin-driven Node.js applications",
   "keywords":     ["server", "express", "extension", "framework"],
   "author":       "Henri Bergius",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "licenses": [{
     "type": "MIT",
     "url": "https://github.com/bergie/nodext/raw/master/LICENSE"