add synchronous load method closes #44

index.js

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ var Document = require("./lib/document");
 var ArgTypes = require("./lib/arg_types");
 var Args = require("args-js");
 var path = require("path");
+var deasync = require('deasync');
+
 var self;
 
 var Massive = function(args){
@@ -260,3 +262,15 @@ exports.connect = function(args, next){
     });
   });
 };
+
+exports.loadSync = function(args) { 
+  var done = false;
+  this.connect(args, function (err, res) { 
+    result = res;
+    done = true;
+  });
+  while(!done) { 
+    deasync.runLoopOnce();
+  }
+  return result;
+}

package.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "args-js": "^0.10.6",
     "async": "^0.9.0",
+    "deasync": "^0.0.10",
     "commander": "^2.6.0",
     "glob": "^4.4.1",
     "pg": "^4.3.0",

test/loader_spec.js

@@ -31,3 +31,37 @@ describe('On spin up', function () {
     assert.equal(db.functions.length,3)
   });
 });
+
+var syncLoaded;
+var constr = "postgres://rob:password@localhost/massive";
+var path = require("path");
+var scriptsDir = path.join(__dirname, ".", "db");
+
+describe('Synchronous Load', function () {
+
+  it('loads the db synchronously and blocks execution until complete', function() { 
+    // no need to re-set the back-end; it wasn't changed by the previous 'suite' ...
+    syncLoaded = require("../index").loadSync({connectionString: constr, scripts: scriptsDir});
+    assert(syncLoaded && syncLoaded.tables && syncLoaded.queryFiles && syncLoaded.connectionString);
+  }); 
+  it('returns a valid db instance from sync load function', function () {
+    assert(syncLoaded && syncLoaded.tables && syncLoaded.queryFiles && syncLoaded.connectionString);
+  });
+  it('loads non-public schema as namespace property', function () {
+    assert(syncLoaded.myschema, "No Schema loaded");
+  });
+  it('loads tables in syncLoaded schema as properties of namespace', function() { 
+    assert(syncLoaded.myschema.artists && syncLoaded.myschema.albums, 'No tables loaded on schema')
+  });
+  it('loads up 5 tables with 2 in schema object in array property', function () {
+    assert.equal(syncLoaded.tables.length, 5);
+  });
+
+  // including one nested in a deeper folder... total of 4 now.
+  it('loads up 7 queries', function () {
+    assert.equal(syncLoaded.queryFiles.length, 7);
+  });
+  it('loads up functions', function () {
+    assert.equal(syncLoaded.functions.length,3)
+  });
+});