Allow multiple instances of MIME types container

[ixti]

Hi,

Is it possible to add subj? If so I could prepare a pull request. The idea is to have default, filled in mime instance and provide a class that could be used to have absolutely own non-defaults mime types object something like this: https://github.com/nodeca/static-lulz/blob/master/lib/static_lulz/mime.js.

[broofa]

Hi Alexei,

I'm not sure how elegant this is, but we could do something like this:

function Mime() {
  // etc...
}
Mime.prototype.lookup = function() {...};
//  Other mime-methods hang of prototype, etc.

// Create, load, and export the default instance
var mime = new Mime();
mime.load(... 'mime.types');
mime.load(... 'node.types');
module.exports = mime;

Then to create a custom instance, just instantiate the constructor, like so:

var myMime = new (require('mime').constructor);
myMime.load(...);
// etc ...

Thoughts?

[ixti]

Hi,

Thanks for quick response. I thought about something really similar:

function Mime() {
  // ...
}

Mime.prototype.lookup = function () {
  // ...
};

// ... other prototype methods
// Create, load, and export the default instance
var mime = new Mime();
mime.load(... 'mime.types');
mime.load(... 'node.types');

So it's in fact identical to with only difference - export Mime constructor as Mime property of exported module, so to create a custom instance it would be:

var myMime = new (require('mime').Mime);
// ...

So it will look really similar to standard modules like EventEmitter etc.

[broofa]

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