adding validation and tests for plugins and config options

build/validation.js

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ module.exports = {
     if (typeof options.configFile !== 'string') {
       throw new Error('Config file must be a string containing the relative path to a config file');
     }
+
+    if (typeof options.config !== 'object') {
+      throw new Error('Config must be an object containing configuration options for your gulp tasks');
+    }
+
+    if (typeof options.plugins !== 'object') {
+      throw new Error('Plugins must be an object containing plugins you wish to use in your gulp tasks');
+    }
   },
 
   validateTaskDirectory: function validateTaskDirectory(taskDirectory) {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gulp-simple-task-loader",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "description": "A simple task loader for gulp",
   "keywords": [
     "gulp",

src/validation.js

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ module.exports = {
     if(typeof options.configFile !== 'string') {
       throw new Error('Config file must be a string containing the relative path to a config file');
     }
+
+    if(typeof options.config !== 'object') {
+      throw new Error('Config must be an object containing configuration options for your gulp tasks');
+    }
+
+    if(typeof options.plugins !== 'object') {
+      throw new Error('Plugins must be an object containing plugins you wish to use in your gulp tasks');
+    }
   },
 
   validateTaskDirectory: function(taskDirectory) {

test/index.spec.js

@@ -64,6 +64,20 @@ describe('gulp-simple-task-loader', function() {
 				done();
 			});
 
+			it('should error when config is not an object', function(done) {
+				assert.throws(function() {
+					require(taskLoader)({ config: '' });
+				}, Error);
+				done();
+			});
+
+			it('should error when plugins is not an object', function(done) {
+				assert.throws(function() {
+					require(taskLoader)({ plugins: '' });
+				}, Error);
+				done();
+			});
+
 			it('should skip files that are directories', function(done) {
 				require(taskLoader)({
 					taskDirectory: 'test/test-tasks',