qualify

JavaScript library to help building functions and methods with qualification checks for specific conditions.

License

License is MIT.

Usage with Node.js

Install using NPM:

npm install qualify

Use it in the application:

var qualify = require('qualify');

Method qualify.create

qualify.create can be used to build functions and methods that validate their arguments and return values.

Example

You can create functions like this:

var foo = qualify.create({
	type: 'async',
	defaults: 'right',
	max: 2, 
	validate: [{type:'string'}]
}, function(path, fn) {
	fn("Path was " + path);
});

...and it would be same as something like this:

var foo = function(path, fn) {
	try {
		// ... Handle arguments ...
		
		// Actual code block here
		fn("Path was " + path);

	} catch(e) {
		// ... handle exceptions ...
	}
};

type

The type of the function's error handling. This is required if you use differend styles of error handling and want to use those styles to catch conform's errors too.

Possible values are:

• "basic" is the default option. This is a standard function. Conform's errors are handled by throwing exceptions.
• "async" is a basic async function. Last argument must be a function which can be called with an argument as an optional error message.
• "promise" the function will return a Promise object (CommonJS/PromiseA). [Not implemented yet!]

asyncValidate

Note: This is a planned feature. It is not implemented yet!

Validate arguments for the asynchronous function call based on this schema.

defaults

The direction of fulfilling missing arguments. If set as "right" then all optional arguments are fulfilled from right to left. This is optional argument. Default is "left".

max and min or length

How many arguments the function must have. length will override max and min as the same value.

validate

An array for each schema that will be used to specify how arguments are validated. Optional arguments should be set as undefined.

returns

Validate the return value of the function in our schema format.

Notes about our schema validation

The library uses json-schema to validate JavaScript objects. As an exception conform also supports {type:'function'} with support for optional required field. (However at the moment it does not support functions outside top level.)

Other methods

qualify.isFunction(what)

Returns true if what is a function.

qualify.isObject(what)

Returns true if what is an object.

qualify.validate(what, schema)

Is the same as JSONSchema.validate() except it has extended support for {type:'function'}. Returns an object in format {valid:true|false, errors:[]}.