aspects

aspects

before, after, and around hooks for sync and async functions

also known as aspect-oriented programming

npm install --save aspects

example

const { before, after, around } = require('aspects').sync
const { all: catNames, random: catName } = require('cat-names')

// suppose a function
function hello (name) {
  return `Hello, ${name}!`
}

console.log(hello(catName()))
// Hello, Misty!

// what if we could hook into _before_
// the function runs to check its arguments?
function onlyCats ([name]) {
  return (catNames.indexOf(name) !== -1)
    ? [name]
    : new Error(`${name} is not a cat name.`)
}

console.log(before(hello, onlyCats)(catName()))
// Hello, Bandit!
console.log(before(hello, onlyCats)(reverse(catName())))
// Error: aloL is not a cat name.
//    at before.sync (example.js:13:7)
//    at before.js:8:17
//    at Object.<anonymous> (example.js:17:13)

// or _after_ to change the return value?
function loud (value) {
  return value.toUpperCase()
}

console.log(after(hello, loud)(catName()))
// HELLO, SNICKERS!

// or _around_, to wrap the function?
function character (fn, args) {
  return fn.apply(null, args.map(a => a[0])) + '!!!'
}

console.log(around(hello, character)(catName()))
// Hello, M!!!!

// utility function
function reverse (str) {
  return str.split('').reverse().join('')
}

usage

aspects = require('aspects')

{ before, after, around } = aspects

fn = before.sync(fn, hook)

fn is sync function: uses return

hook is function of shape (args) => Error | newArgs

fn = before.async(fn, hook)

fn is async function: the last argument is an error-first callback

hook is function of shape (args, cb) => cb(Error, newArgs)

fn = after.sync(fn, hook)

fn is sync function: uses return

hook is function of shape (value) => Error | newValue

fn = after.async(fn, hook)

fn is async function: the last argument is an error-first callback

hook is function of shape (value, cb) => cb(Error, newValue)

fn = around.sync(fn, hook)

fn is sync function: uses return

hook is function of shape (fn, args) => newFn

fn = around.async(fn, hook)

fn is async function: the last argument is an error-first callback

hook is function of shape (fn, args, cb) => newFn

inspiration

• dominictarr/hoox

license

The Apache License

Copyright © 2016 Michael Williams

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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